tilt: significato e definizioni
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To cause to slope, as by raising one end; incline: tilt a soup bowl; tilt a chair backward.
To aim or thrust (a lance) in a joust.
To charge (an opponent); attack.
To forge with a tilt hammer.
To slope; incline. See Synonyms at slant.
To favor one side over another in a dispute; lean: "His views tilt unmistakably to the Arab position” ( William Safire).
To fight with lances; joust.
To engage in a combat or struggle; fight: tilting at injustices.
The act of tilting or the condition of being tilted.
An inclination from the horizontal or vertical; a slant: adjusting the tilt of a writing table.
A sloping surface, as of the ground.
A tendency to favor one side in a dispute: the court's tilt toward conservative rulings.
An implicit preference; a bias: "pitilessly illuminates the inaccuracies and tilts of the press” ( Nat Hentoff).
A medieval sport in which two mounted knights with lances charged together and attempted to unhorse one another.
A thrust or blow with a lance.
A combat, especially a verbal one; a debate.
New England See seesaw. See Regional Note at teeter-totter.
at full tilt Informal At full speed: a tank moving at full tilt.
A canopy or an awning for a boat, wagon, or cart.
To cover (a vehicle) with a canopy or an awning.