tilt
1. a slight but noticeable partiality
- the court's tilt toward conservative rulings
• Hypernyms:
partiality, partisanship
2. 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
• Syn:
list, inclination, lean, leaning
• Derivationally related forms:
lean (for: lean), incline (for: inclination), list (for: list)
• Hypernyms:
position, spatial relation
3. pitching dangerously to one side
• Syn:
rock, careen, sway
• Derivationally related forms:
sway (for: sway), careen (for: careen), rocky (for: rock), rock (for: rock)
• Hypernyms:
lurch, pitch, pitching
4. a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
• Syn:
joust
• Derivationally related forms:
joust (for: joust)
• Hypernyms:
struggle, battle
• Part Holonyms:
tournament
5. a contentious speech act;
a dispute where there is strong disagreement
- they were involved in a violent argument
• Syn:
controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation,
argument, arguing
• Derivationally related forms:
argue (for: argument), dispute (for: disputation), contest (for: contestation), contentious (for: contention), contend (for: contention), controversial (for: controversy)
• Hypernyms:
dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict
• Hyponyms:
argy-bargy, argle-bargle, firestorm, sparring, polemic, fight
1. to incline or bend from a vertical position (Freq. 9)
- She leaned over the banister
• Syn:
lean, tip, slant, angle
• See Also:
tip over (for: tip), lean against (for: lean), lean on (for: lean)
• Derivationally related forms:
angle (for: angle), slant (for: slant), lean (for: lean), leaner (for: lean)
• Hypernyms:
bend, flex
• Hyponyms:
slope, incline, pitch, weather, list,
heel, lean back, recline
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
2. heel over (Freq. 1)
- The tower is tilting
- The ceiling is slanting
• Syn:
cant, cant over, slant, pitch
• Derivationally related forms:
pitch (for: pitch), slant (for: slant), tilter, cant (for: cant)
• Hypernyms:
move
• Hyponyms:
cock
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
3. move sideways or in an unsteady way
- The ship careened out of control
• Syn:
careen, wobble, shift
• Derivationally related forms:
shift (for: shift), wobble (for: wobble), wobbler (for: wobble), careen (for: careen)
• Hypernyms:
move
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
4. charge with a tilt
• Derivationally related forms:
tilter
• Hypernyms:
joust
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
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