English to English noun
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a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances | | source: wordnet30
2 |
a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement | | Example: they were involved in a violent argument
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a slight but noticeable partiality | | Example: the court's tilt toward conservative rulings
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the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical | | Example: the tower had a pronounced tilt the ship developed a list to starboard he walked with a heavy inclination to the right
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pitching dangerously to one side | | source: wordnet30
6 |
A covering overhead; especially, a tent. | | source: webster1913
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A thrust, as with a lance. | | source: webster1913 verb
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to incline or bend from a vertical position | | Example: She leaned over the banister
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9 |
heel over | | Example: The tower is tilting The ceiling is slanting
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10 |
move sideways or in an unsteady way | | Example: The ship careened out of control
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11 |
charge with a tilt | | source: wordnet30
12 |
To cover with a tilt, or awning. | | source: webster1913
13 |
To incline; to tip; to raise one end of for discharging liquor; as, to tilt a barrel. | | source: webster1913
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To run or ride, and thrust with a lance; to practice the military game or exercise of thrusting with a lance, as a combatant on horseback; to joust; also, figuratively, to engage in any combat or movement resembling that of horsemen tilting with lances. | | source: webster1913
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