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Noun tilt has 5 senses
- joust, tilt - a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
--1 is a kind of struggle, battle
--1 is a part of tournament
- controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguing - a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument"
--2 is a kind of dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict
--2 has particulars:
- tilt - a slight but noticeable partiality; "the court's tilt toward conservative rulings"
--3 is a kind of partiality, partisanship
- tilt, list, inclination, lean, leaning - the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right"
--4 is a kind of position, spatial relation
- rock, careen, sway, tilt - pitching dangerously to one side
--5 is a kind of lurch, pitch, pitching
Verb tilt has 4 senses
- lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle - to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister"
--1 is one way to bend, flex
Sample sentences:
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Something is ----ing PP
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- cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch - heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"
--2 is one way to move
Sample sentences:
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Somebody ----s something
- careen, wobble, shift, tilt - move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out of control"
--3 is one way to move
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- tilt - charge with a tilt
--4 is one way to joust
Sample sentences:
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Somebody ----s PP
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