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Tilt

Definition: Tilt

Tilt

Noun

1. A combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances.

2. A dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument".

3. A slight but noticeable partiality; "the court's tilt toward conservative rulings".

4. 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".

5. Pitching dangerously to one side.

Verb

1. To incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister".

2. Heel over.

3. Move sideways or in an unsteady way, as of a ship or a vehicle out of control.

4. Charge with a tilt, as in a a joust.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "tilt" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Tilt

DomainDefinition

Fine Arts

A)a condition caused by any departure of the camera axis(i. e. the direction in which the camera is pointing)from the vertical when the photograph is taken; b)also the angle of such departure; c)sometimes restricted to the component of this angle in the vertical plane perpendicular to the flight line. Source: European Union. (references)
 In air photography, the camera rotation about the longitudinal axis of the aircraft. Source: European Union. (references)

Military

See roll. (references)

Mining

A. The angle at the perspective center of an aerial photograph between the plumb line and the perpendicular from the interior perspective center to the plane of the photograph b. The lack of parallelism (or the angle) between the plane of the photograph from a downward-pointing aerial camera and the horizontal plane (normal to the plumb line) of the ground c. In aerial photography, the angle between the lens axis and a vertical through the exposure station (rear nodal point of lens). It is seldom more than 3 degrees and can generally be kept to 1 degrees . This is regarded as satisfactory for vertical photographs d. To hammer or forge with a tilt hammer; as, to tilt steel to render itmore ductile. (references)

Slang in 1811

TILT. To tilt; to fight with a sword. To run full tilt against one; allusion to the ancient tilling with the lance. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Transportation

An awning or canopy, usually of canvas, for a boat, booth etc. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Tilt

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Tilt is a punk rock band. They have released three albums on Fat Wreck which was followed by a debut album on Lookout. The band is known for melodic songs accompanied by lyrics filled with social commentary and dark humor. The band is also unusual among hardcore punk bands for having a female singer, Cinder Block.

Line-up

Discography

Full-length albums

EPs

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Tilting train

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A tilting train is a train with a tilting mechanism that enables increased speed on regular railroad tracks.

Introduction

Curved railroad tracks are usually tilted. The tilt angle is based on a particular speed and has the effect that at this speed the passengers do not experience the centrifugal force. This makes the ride more comfortable. The disadvantage is that if a train halts in a curve, the tilting is not comfortable.

If a train moves faster than corresponds with the tilt angle of the track than the passengers do experience (part of) the centrifugal force, which is not comfortable. This restricts the allowable speed more than the (essential) requirement that the centrifugal force does not push the train off the track, that would happen only if the speed would be much higher.

Tilting trains

Tilting trains are trains of which the upper part, in which the passengers are seated, can be tilted sideways. In a curve to the left, it tilts to the left to compensate the centrifugal push to the right, and conversely.

The train may be constructed such that inertial forces cause the tilting, or it may be controlled by a computer.

In the 1970s and 80s, following the success of its InterCity 125, British Rail built a tilting train called the Advanced Passenger Train. British rail was never able to make the train reliable enough to go into service and so the project was scrapped. During tests passengers reported that the tilting motion made them nauseous. Subsequently it was learned that this could be prevented by reducing the tilt slightly, so that there was still some sensation of cornering.

One of the first trains with tilting technology was the former class 403 by Deutsche Bundesbahn, now Deutsche Bahn AG that was used for airport transfer from Düsseldorf to Frankfurt some decades ago (see also: AiRail Service). Tilting technology tried to improve the speed on the excessively curved Rhine Valley route. Shortly after the train went into service, tilting technology had been disabled as many passengers got sick due to sudden and heavy tilting.

Trains with tilting by inertial forces:

Trains with tilting controlled by a computer:

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Synonyms: Tilt

Synonyms: arguing (n), argument (n), careen (n), contention (n), contestation (n), controversy (n), inclination (n), joust (n), leaning (n), list (n), rock (n), sway (n), angle (v), cant (v), cant over (v), lean (v), pitch (v), shift (v), slant (v), tip (v), wobble (v). (additional references)
Synonym by domain: roll-on (fine arts, transportation).

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Synonyms within Context: Tilt

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Activity

Adverb: actively; Adjective: with life and spirit, with might and main;with haste; with wings; full tilt, in mediis rebus.

Attack

Let fly at, dash at, run a tilt at, rush at, tilt at, run at, fly at, hawk at, have at, let out at; make a dash, make a rush at; strike home; drive one hard; press one hard; be hard upon, run down, strike at the root of.

Ride full tilt against; attack tooth and nail, go at hammer and tongs.

Contention

Verb: contend; contest, strive, struggle, scramble, wrestle; spar, square; exchange blows, exchange fisticuffs; fib, justle, tussle, tilt, box, stave, fence; skirmish; pickeer; fight; (war); wrangle; (quarrel).

Contend; with, grapple with, engage with, close with, buckle with, bandy with, try conclusions with, have a brush; n. with, tilt with; encounter, fall foul of, pitch into, clapperclaw, run a tilt at; oppose; reluct.

Conflict, skirmish; rencounter, encounter; rencontre, collision, affair, brush, fight; battle, battle royal; combat, action, engagement, joust, tournament; tilt, tilting; tournay, list; pitched battle.

Covering

Noun: covering, cover; baldachin, baldachino, baldaquin; canopy, tilt, awning, tent, marquee, tente d'abri, umbrella, parasol, sunshade; veil (shade); shield; (defense).

Descent

Tumble, trip, stumble, lurch, pitch, swag, topple, topple over, tumble over, topple down, tumble down; tilt, sprawl, plump down, come down a cropper.

Noun: descent, descension, declension, declination; fall; falling; Verb:: slump; drop, plunge, plummet, cadence; subsidence, collapse, lapse; downfall, tumble, slip, tilt, trip, lurch; cropper, culbute; stumble; fate of Icarus.

Direction

Adverb: towards; on the road, on the high road to; en avant; versus, to; hither, thither, whither; directly; straight as an arrow, forwards as an arrow; point blank; in a bee line to, in a direct line to, as the crow flies, in a straight line to, in a bee line for, in a direct line for, in a straight line for, in a bee line with, in a direct line with, in a straight line with; in a line with; full tilt at, as the crow flies.

Elevation

Verb: heighten, elevate, raise, lift, erect; set up, stick up, perch up, perk up, tilt up; rear, hoist, heave; uplift, upraise, uprear, upbear, upcast, uphoist, upheave; buoy, weigh mount, give a lift; exalt; sublimate; place on a pedestal, set on a pedestal.

Inversion

Verb: be inverted; turn round, turn about, turn to the right about, go round, go about, go to the right about, wheel round, wheel about, wheel to the right about; turn over, go over, tilt over, topple over; capsize, turn turtle.

Obliquity

Noun: obliquity, inclination, slope, slant, crookedness; Adjective: slopeness; leaning; Verb: bevel, tilt; bias, list, twist, swag, cant, lurch; distortion; bend; (curve); tower of Pisa.

Pursuit

Rush upon; rush headlong; (violence) ride full tilt at, run full tilt at; make a leap at, jump at, snatch at run down; start game.

Regression

Dart, lance, tilt; ejaculate, jaculate; fulminate, bolt, drive, sling, pitchfork.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Tilt

English words defined with "tilt": Cockbill, Contact levelFoot hammerKeeveLift hammerOvertilttilter, Tilting, Tilt-mill, tip, To end up, To run amuck, To turn up, Trip hammer. (references)
Specialty definitions using "tilt": AIRPLANE PILOT, PHOTOGRAMMETRYCADMIUM BURNER, car unloader, CAR-DUMPER OPERATOR, CENTRIFUGAL-CASTING-MACHINE OPERATOR III, centrifugal-extractor operator, clothes wringer, COIL BINDER, COILER, coiler operator, controlled mosaic, Coordinated Universal Time, cycloidal propellerdigital micromirror device, digital micro-mirror device, DRILL-PRESS SET-UP OPERATOR, MULTIPLE SPINDLE, DRILL-PRESS SET-UP OPERATOR, SINGLE SPINDLE, Dry-Bulk Container, drying-machine tender, dulite-machine bluer, dumping bucketEXTRACTOR OPERATORFILLING-AND-STAPLING-MACHINE OPERATOR, Fixed-Tilt Array, FRONT-END LOADER OPERATORgang-drill-press operatorHEAT-TREATING BLUERJusting of Watson and BarbourKEYSEATING-MACHINE SET-UP OPERATOR, kneeling-type undercarriage, kneel-type landing gearLavaine', loader operatorMIXER I, MIXER OPERATOR HELPER, HOT METAL, MIXER OPERATOR, HOT METAL, MIXING-MACHINE OPERATOR, MOLD MAKER, mold-car operator, multiple-spindle-drilling-machine operatorOrthophotography, OUTBOARD-MOTOR INSPECTOR, overturning skip, OXYGEN-FURNACE OPERATORPIG-MACHINE OPERATORRADAP II, rapid-extractor operator, RECTIFICATION PRINTER, rotary-slicing-machine operator, rotary-veneer-machine operatorSAUSAGE MIXER, semi-retractable landing gear, semi-retractable undercarriage, SEPARATOR OPERATOR, shaper machine hand, shaper operator, SHAPER SET-UP OPERATOR, TOOL, shaping-machine operator, slitting-machine coiler, spice blender, SPICE MIXER, SPRAYER OPERATOR, stabilized dataTrochlear Nerve DiseasesVENEER-LATHE OPERATOR, Voith-Schneider propeller, Volume Scanwheel loader operator. (references)
Etymologies containing "tilt": Heel. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Tilt" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Hungarian (forbade, forbid, forbidden, to forbid, to forbid, forbade, forbidden, to prohibit).

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Modern Usage: Tilt

DomainUsage

Screenplays

If we tilt Australia the water from the lakes in Australia's East will wash down to the rest of Australia, ending the drought (CNNNN: Chaser Non-Stop News Network; writing credit: Charles Firth; Andrew Hansen)

Lyrics

Just tilt my sun towards (December; performing artist: Collective Soul)

Movie/TV Titles

Tilt (1972)

Ray Tracey in Full Tilt (2000)

Tilt (1997)

De Vlinder tilt de kat op (1994)

Tilt (1979)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Tilt

DomainTitle

Books

  • Full Tilt (reference)

  • Full Tilt Living: Live in the Moment Even When It Stinks! Find the Juicy Parts and Let the World Know You Are Here (reference)

  • Legal Tilt (reference)

  • Tilt (Literature Profiles Series) (reference)

  • Tilt!: Irreverent Lessons for Leading Innovation in the New Economy (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

  • Delta 36-844 "Limited Edition" 3 HP Left Tilt Unisaw with 50" Biesemeyer Fence includes over $400.00 of Value Added Accessories (reference)

  • Biesemeyer 78-961 T-Square Anti-Kickback Snap-In Spreader for Delta Unisaw-Right Tilt (reference)

  • Delta 36-821L Special Edition 10" Left Tilt Arbor Unisaw with Biesemeyer 50" T-Square Commercial Fence (reference)

  • Powermatic 1791227 Model 64 Artisan Left Tilt Table Saw with 30" Accu-Fence System (reference)

  • DeWalt DW6706 Tilt Base with Copy Follower (reference)

    (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Tilt

Computer Images:
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Photo Album: Tilt

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Civil Tilt Rotor Take Off. Credit: NASA.

NASA Aeronautics Art "Tilt Rotor". Credit: NASA.

Edward John Tilt, M.D. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Full tilt for the Capitol. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Tilt
 

"Tilt Your Head" by Kelly Abbott
Commentary: "Don't go gray."
"Tilt" by Michelle Kwajafa
Commentary: "A close up of a building in washington dc."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Tilt

AuthorQuotation

Eric Hoffer

The nature of a society is largely determined by the direction in which talent and ambition flow -- by the tilt of the social landscape.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Tilt

TitleAuthorQuote

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Tom pulled his cap lower over his eyes, so low that he had to tilt his head back to see out at all.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Tilt

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Tilt table testing also provoked characteristic CFS symptoms in the patients. (references)

Individuals with the disorder frequently report an unsettling tilt of their environment, which affects their balance. (references)

However, patients with PSP usually stand straight or occasionally even tilt their heads backward (and tend to fall backward), while those with Parkinson's disease usually bend forward. (references)

Economic History

Nigeria

However, the reality on the ground may be significantly more complex as public entities with monopolistic power constantly look for ways to tilt the playing field against competitors. (references)

India

Consider the following: The insurance potential class of households currently having an annual income of less than US $480 will reduce from 53.9 million in 2001-2002 to 29.3 million in 2006-2007. Households having an annual income of above US $2050 will increase from 13.6 million in 2001-2002 to 27.7 million in 2006-2007. Over both the medium term and the long-term, the center of gravity of the top 2 income classes will tilt further towards the cities. (references)

Political Economy

Mexico

For decades, the PRI, the largest and oldest political party, used its vast nationwide organization and access to government resources to tilt elections in its favor. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Tilt

"Tilt" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 54.08% of the time. "Tilt" is used about 294 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)54.08%15924,860
Lexical Verb (infinitive)27.55%8136,835
Lexical Verb (base form)16.67%4948,677
Noun (proper)1.7%5157,705
                    Total100.00%294N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Tilt

The following table summarizes the usage of "tilt" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
TiltLast name10077,153
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Tilt

Expressions using "tilt": arc furnace tilt rockers at full tilt full tilt full tilt at Head-Down Tilt line tilt line tilt correction run a tilt at tilt angle tilt at windmills tilt back Tilt boat tilt cart tilt forward Tilt hammer tilt meter tilt over Tilt roof tilt up. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "tilt": tilt-adjustable, tilt-and-turn, tilt-back, tilt-hammer, tilt-hammers, Tilt-mill, tilt-shots, Tilt-Table Test, tilt-top, tilt-top table, Tilt-up, tilt-yard.

Ending with "tilt": full-tilt, pan-and-tilt.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Tilt

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

tilt

224

turn tilt window

20

clothing tilt

99

pan tilt camera

19

tilt trailer

54

tilt switch

19

pan tilt

42

pan sony tilt

19

tilt table test

41

tilt train

19

tilt table

40

pan tilt zoom camera

18

tilt trim

35

tilt test

17

full tilt

34

tilt truck

17

tilt up construction

34

tilt bed trailer

16

tilt sensor

30

tilt top table

16

magic tilt trailer

29

clothes tilt

16

tilt table testing

26

architect tilt up

16

tilt up

25

magic tilt

15

ottawa tilt up

25

earth tilt

14

tilt a whirl

24

tilt a rack

14

swim tilt wear

24

tilt mirror

13

tilt up concrete

21

full marine tilt

13

power tilt trim

21

end front tilt

12

tilt jean

21

full tilt pinball

12

pelvic tilt

20

construction ontario tilt up

12
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Tilt

Language Translations for "tilt"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

turrem me heshtë, tendë (awning, Bower, canonry, canopy, hovel, marquee, pavilion, shade, summerhouse, sun blind, sunshade, tent), pjerrje (bevel, bias, careen, inclination, list, obliquity), pjerrem (fall, skew, slant, slope), pjerrësi (cocking, declination, declivity, gradient, incidence, inclination, incline, knee, pitch, ramp, recliner, scarp, set, shearing, site, slant, slope, splay, talus, trim), pjerr (incline, skew), anoj (bank, careen, incline, lean, slope, solder), anim (bank, careen, heel, lean, list, slant). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مناظرة خطابية, ‏مال (assets, be inclined, bend, bent, cant, capital, chattel, coins, estate, feel sympathy for, funds, gold, incline, lean, like, pelf, possessions, property, purse, shekels, skew, slant, slope, sympathize with, tip), ‏مبارزة فروسية, ‏غطى بغطاء (case), ‏غطاء (bed clothes, casement, casing, clothing, coat, coating, cot, cover, cover up, covering, coverlet, envelope, facing, housing, jacket, lid, overlay, robe, roofing, rug, shroud, tarpaulin, top, vesture, wrapping), ‏تدافع على الماء نوع من اللعب, ‏سرعة (alacrity, blast, career, despatch, dispatch, expedition, gait, haste, hastiness, hurry, lick, pace, pizzazz, promptitude, promptness, quickness, rapidity, smartness, speed, spurt, swiftness, velocity), ‏إمالة, ‏إنحدار (coming down, decline, declivity, downgrade, downhill, falling, inclination, rake, ramp, scarp, slope, steep), ‏رمى (bin, bowl along, cast, cast down, chuck, discard, lance, pitch, pop, project, sling, strike in, sweep, throw), ‏رشق (dart, dart in, hurl, pelt). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

килвам (list, tip), изкривявам (contort, curve, distort, skew, twist), боря се със слово и перо, атакувам със слово и перо, нападам с насочено копие, навеждам (bow, droop, drop, hang, incline, lean, lour, lower, set, vail), навеждане (depression, leaning), навес (awning, bulkhead, canopy, hovel, marquee, outbuilding, penthouse, shed, shelter, stoop), накланям (rake, recline, shear, tip), наклон (batter, bevel, bias, declension, declivity, dip, fall, grade, gradient, incidence, inclination, incline, inflection, inflexion, lean, leaning, low-grade, rake, ramp, rise, skew, slant, slope, throw, versant), наклонено положение (cant), движение в наклонено положение, гюрук (hood), удар с копие, килвам се (careen), кова (beat, forge, hammer, nail, work), тежък механичен чук (tilt-hammer), турнир (carrousel, joust, tournament, tourney), чергило (awning), слагам покривало, слагам навес, слагам гюрук, слагам чергило, сгъваем покрив, сгъваем навес, накривявам. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

掀动 (tilted, Tilting, Tilt-up), 傾斜 (incline, lean, slant, slope). (various references)

   

Czech

  

vrhnout se (amuck, fall back on, fall on, plunge, pounce), sklon (aptitude, bent, bevel, bias, dip, disposition, drive, fall, gradient, inclination, lean, leaning, penchant, ply, proclivity, propensity, rake, slant, slope, strain, tendency, twist), převrhnout (capsize, overset, overthrow, overturn, upset), překlopit (overset, reverse, tip up), naklonit (attach, incline), nahnutí, nahnout (tip), nachýlení, náklon, klání, dotírat (mob, pester). (various references)

   

Danish

  

tværhældning (roll), tiltning (roll), tiltemekanismen (tilting arrangement, tilting mechanism), vippen (jacknifing, tipping), vipning, sammensynkningsgradient (subsidence slope), omega (Omega, roll), haeldning (angle of inclination, batter, declivity of hill, grade, gradient, gradient of slope, inclination, skew, slope), hældning (dip, inclination, pitch, plunge, rake, ramp, slope, strike, tip inclination). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

neigen (be inclined, bend, have a tendency, incline), doen overhellen (bend, incline), buigen (bend, bow, curtsy, incline, stoop). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

klini (bend, incline). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

hella (bend, incline), boyggja (bend, incline), benda (bend, incline). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

تمایل (Gust, Hang, Inclination, List, Pendulum, Preoccupation, Sentiment, Streak, Tendency, Tenor, Turquoise, Vein, Would, Yen), دراهتزازبودن (Flicker), درنوسان بودن (Sway), شتاب (Dispatch, Haste, Hurry, Hustle, Pelt, Speed, Velocity), شمشیربازی سواره درقرون وسطی , شیب (Declivity, Dip, Gradient, Inclination, Incline, Pendant, Rake, Slant, Slope), شیب داشتن , زدوخورد (Battle, Combat, Medley, Skirmish, Warfare), برخورد (Address, Affect, Clash, Conflict, Confliction, Contact, Contiguity, Encounter, Greet, Incidence, Reception, Smash, Strike), سرعت (Haste, Headway, Pace, Promptitude, Rapidity, Rate, Speed, Speedy, Velocity), یک وری بودن , کج شدن (Careen, Heel, Lean, Lurch, Swerve), کج کردن (Bend, Contort, Crook, Deflect, Distort, Hook, Incline, Inflect, List, Slant, Strain, Top), کجی (Clubfoot, Crook, Curvature, Hade, List, Obliquity, Skew, Slant, Slope), مسابقه نیزه سواری , منازعه (Debate, Disputation, Plea, Struggle), پرتاب (Hurl, Jaculation, Jet, Pitch, Pounce, Projection, Put, Shove, Shy, Throw, Toss), یک ورشدن (Heel, Tip), سرازیری (Bent, Declivity, Dip, Downhill, Pitch, Slide, Slope). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kippimekanismi (tilting arrangement, tilting mechanism), kippilaite (dump cradle, tilter, tilting arrangement, tilting mechanism, tipper, tumbler), kamerakallistuma, kallistuskulma, kallistuma (heel, inclination, list, lurch), kallistaa (bend, incline, increase the price, lean, raise), kaatolaite (tilting arrangement, tilting mechanism). (various references)

   

French

  

pencher (tip up), incliner (tip, tip up), inclinaison (tilting, tip inclination). (various references)

   

German

  

neigung (affection, affinity, aptitude, bent, bias, declination, decline, dip, disposition, fall, fondness, gradient, inclination, incline, lean, leaning, list, obliqueness, penchant, pitch, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, propensity, rake, slant, slope, taste, tendance, tendency, turn), neigen (bend, bow, bow down, incline, tend, tilt over, tip, tipping, trend), kippen (cant, overturn, plummet, tilt over, tip, tip over, tip up, tipping, to cant, to topple, topple, toss back, toss off). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κλίση (acclivity, aptitude, bend, bent, bias, cant, careen, conjugation, flair, flexion, gradient, inclination, inflection, inflexion, leaning, list, penchant, pitch, proclivity, propensity, slant, slope, tendency, tipping). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מאבק (conflict, contest, fight, hassle, struggle, tussle), לכסון (slant, turning sideways), להשתפע (slant), להטות (abduce, divert, heel, slant, steer), להרכין (bend, bow, droop, incline, stoop), להסתער ברומח, לדקור בחנית (lance, spear), שפוי (bare, incline, slope, smooth), שפוע (bank, bevel, cant, gradient, incline, obliqueness, rake, rise, slant, slope, splay, tip), אברזין (canvas, tarpaulin), הטיה (bending, bias, declension, diversion, inclination), נטיה (bent, deviation, disposition, inclination, leaning, liking, penchant, pitch, predilection, proclivity, propensity, rake, set, slant, spirit, streak, taste, tendency, tenor, tide, trend). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

billenés (cant, kip, tipping). (various references)

   

Italian

  

piegare (bend, bow, crook, diffract, droop, duck, flex, fold, give in, incline, inflect, lap, subdue, tend, tuck, turn, yield), inclinazione (addiction, aptitude, assessment, bend, bent, bias, cant, dip, disposition, fancy, gradient, hang, inclination, lean, liking, penchant, pitch, proclivity, proneness, propensity, slant, slope, stoop, taste, tendency, tip). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

傾ける (to, to bend, to incline, to lean, to list, to tilt, to tip). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ほんかくか (getting up speed, proceeding at full tilt, regularization), かたむける (to bend, to concentrate on, to empty, to incline, to lean, to list, to ruin, to slant, to squander, to tilt, to tip), かたげる (to incline, to lean, to slant, to tilt), かたぐ (to be disposed to, to be prone to, to careen, to decline, to go down, to heed over, to incline, to incline toward, to lean, to list, to lurch, to sink, to slant, to tilt, to tip, to trend toward, to wane), かしげる (to incline, to lean, to slant, to tilt), かしぐ (to be disposed to, to be prone to, to careen, to decline, to go down, to heed over, to incline, to incline toward, to lean, to list, to lurch, to sink, to slant, to tilt, to tip, to trend toward, to wane). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

경사 (inclining, lean). (various references)

   

Manx

  

seiy (agitate, bear down, churn, churning, foment, fomentation, gore, gore of bull, knife, litter, lunge, mix up, mixing, mixture, muddy; pushing, prod, propel, propulsion, protrusion, push, shove, shoving, stab, stick, stir, stir up, thrust, tilting, transfix), jeeigey (ditch, ditching, drain, draining, exhaust, hollow). (various references)

   

Maya

  

cheeb (to tilt). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ilttay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

inclinação (addiction, appetite, bent, bias, camber, canting, climbdown, declination, declivity, descent, dip, disposal, disposition, downhill, droop, falling, fellow feeling, fondness, inclination, lean, leaning, like, liking, list, lopsidedness, motion, partiality, penchant, proclivity, propensity, ramp, recession, sag, slant, slope, stomach, tendency, tip, trend, vocation, will). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

rãsturna (capsize, coup, invert, lay low, overthrow, overturn, reverse, rummage, scatter, snooker, spill, subvert, throw down, topple, tumble, turn, upset), poclit, pantã (acclivity, chute, cliff, declension, declivity, descent, dip, downhill, fall, glacis, gradient, hade, inclination, incline, ramp, slant, slope, splay, up), coviltir (tarpaulin), coş (acne, basket, basketful, blackhead, cage, chest, chimney, creel, flue, grog-blossom, hamper, hopper, pannier, rising, smoke stack, spot, tidy), cergã (counterpane, rug), apleca (be inclined, bend, bow, enslave, hang down, humiliate, incline, lower, slope, stoop, submit, surrender, tilt over), înclinare (batter, bent, bias, cant, cast, declension, dip, fancy, hang, inclination, lean, leaning, liking, lurch, obliquity, pitching, slope), înclina (be inclined, bend, bias, bow, incline, incline to, lean against, prejudice, recline, shelve, slant, slope, splay, stoop, yield). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

наклонять (bend, cant, decline, droop, incline, lean, slants, slope, stoop, tilting, tip, vail). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

udarati kopljem, prepirka (altercation, contention, set to, squabble, wrangle), platneni krov, napasti (attack, attempt, go for, invade, jump, lace, offend, savage, take apart), nagnuti (bank, cant, heel, incline, lean, slant, slope, tip), nagibati se (hade, incline), nagibanje u stranu, nagib (bank, bevel, bias, camber, cant, descent, escarp, grade, gradient, heel, inclination, incline, lean, list, offset, pitch, slant, slope, tip, weathering), megdan kopljima, kos položaj, iskositi (mow, skew). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

inclinación (bent, bow, careenage, desire, dip, droop, gradient, inclination, incline, inclining, item, leaning, liking, list, mind, nod, nutation, penchant, pitch, propensity, skew, slant, slanting, slope, sloping, tilting, want). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

vippa (panicle, puff, tip, wave), lutning (declivity, dip, downgrade, grade, gradient, inclination, incline, Leach, lean, pitch, rake, slant, stoop), luta (dip, incline, lean, lute, prop, sag, shelve, slant, stoop, verge). (various references)

   

Thai

  

เอียง (descend, dip, heel, skew, slantwise), สู้กันด้วยทวนหรือหอก, ทำให้เอียง (heel, tip), การเอียงลาด (slant), การทำให้ลาดเอียง, การต่อสู้ด้วยหอกหรือทวน, การวิพากษ์วิจารณ์ (animadversion), ต่อสู้ (combat, engage, fight, ruck), ตีด้วยค้อนตีเหล็ก, วิพากษ์วิจารณ์ (bad-mouth, bag on someone, bum-rap), ประทุน, ค้อนที่ใช้ตีเหล็ก, ความลำเอียง (favoritism). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

tente (awning, canopy, marquee, sun blind, tarp, tarpaulin, tester), güneşlik (awning, sun blind, sun visor, sunshade, visor, vizor), boca etmek (turn over, Upend, wear), dövüş (affray, fight, punch-up, scrap, set to), devirmek (capsize, chop down, crumple, cut down, defeat, down, give smth. a tip, knock, knock back, knock down, knock over, overset, overthrow, overturn, quaff off, revolutionize, shift, strike down, subvert, take down, tip, topple, topple over, upset), eğilim (affection, aptitude, bent, bias, current, device, disposition, drift, gravitation, inclination, leaning, liability, notion, obliquity, penchant, ply, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, propensity, pulse, relish, sense, set, slant, squint, tendency, tenor, tide, trend, turn, twist), eğilme (bending, buckle, curvature, dip, droop, flexure, hunch, inclination, inflection, inflexion, lean, proneness, spring, stoop, tip), eğilmek (bend, bow, buckle, cant over, curve, dip, double, double up, droop, duck, fall down, hang, hang over, incline, lean, sag, spring, stoop, strain, tip, warp, yield), at üzerinde mızrak oyunu, eğmek (bend, bow, buckle, cant, contort, curve, decline, droop, flex, incline, incurve, inflect, ply, slant, spring, stoop, sway, warp), yana yatmak (heel, heel over, list, tilt over, tip), hız (bat, career, celerity, dispatch, expedition, haste, impetus, lick, pace, pelt, quickness, raciness, rapidity, rapidness, speed, swiftness, velocity), kavga (affray, brawl, brawling, broil, bust up, conflict, contention, dispute, feud, fight, fighting, fray, jangle, jar, kick up, miff, odds, punch-up, quarrel, row, rumpus, scrap, scuffle, set to, shooting match, strife, unpleasantness, wrangle), mızrağı doğrultmak, mızrakla saldırmak, meyil (affection, aptitude, bias, cant, declivity, gradient, gravitation, inclination, incline, lean, leaning, liking, obliquity, penchant, proclivity, proneness, propensity, slant, slope, talus, tendency, tide, trend), yana yatırmak (heel, heel over), eğim (bevel, cant, declination, dip, elevation, fall, grade, gradient, inclination, incline, my better half, obliquity, pitch, slant, slope, tip). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

сутичка (affair, affront, bump, bustle, clash, collision, conflict, encounter, fight, fighting, fray, impingement, jostle, mix in, rencontre, rencounter, scramble, scrimmage, scrummage, shock, skirmish), узвіз (ascent), удар (bat, beat, biff, bobbing, buffet, bunt, cant, chop, clap, cracker, hit, impact, impingement, impulsion, jolt, kick, knock, onslaught, percussion, pick, push, put, shock, shot, smite, spat, stab, strike, stroke, tick, wap), спорожняти (deplenish, empty, quaff, tip out, void), гойдатися (dangle, oscillate, seesaw, wag, waggle, weave), гойдалка (boat-swing, sulky), нахилятися (bend, bow, cant, decline, droop, duck, lean, nod, slant, stoop, tip, tip up), нахиляти (cant, droop, incline, lean, slant, slope, stoop, tip, tip up), нахил (bend, bent, cant, declination, droop, hang, inclination, incline, lurch, notion, obliqueness, obliquity, palate, ply, proclivity, propensity, slope, tip). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

mui che, hết tốc lực, bạt, độ nghiêng (declination, inclination, lean, leant). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Tilt

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Old French900-1400

torneier. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Tilt

Derivations

Words beginning with "tilt": tiltable, tilted, tilter, tilters, tilth, tilths, tilting, tiltmeter, tiltmeters, tilts, tiltyard, tiltyards. (additional references)

Words ending with "tilt": atilt, stilt, uptilt. (additional references)

Words containing "tilt": stilted, stiltedly, stiltedness, stiltednesses, stilting, stilts, subtilties, subtilty, untilted, uptilted, uptilting, uptilts. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Tilt" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Itl, itzt, rilt, talot, talq, talt, tault, tellt, telt, tfit, thil, tiat, tict, tilb, tild, tilet, tilf, tillt, tiln, tilte, Tilty, tilv, tily, tipt, Tiql, tirt, Tisl, tist, titl, Titli, titt, Tli, tlt, trilit, txil, tyl, Tyla, tylte, tzit. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Tilt"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "tilt" (pronounced ti"lt)
4t i" l tstilt.
3-i" l tbuilt, gilt, guilt, hilt, jilt, kilt, lilt, Milt, overbuilt, quilt, rebuilt, silt, spilt, unbuilt, wilt.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Tilt

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "i-l-t-t"

-1 letter: lit, til.

-2 letters: it, li, ti.

 Words containing the letters "i-l-t-t"
 

+1 letter: atilt, stilt, tilth, tilts, title.

 

+2 letters: kittel, kittle, lattin, litten, litter, little, lutist, stilts, tallit, tilted, tilter, tilths, titled, titles, tittle, toilet, twilit, uptilt, vittle, wittol.

 

+3 letters: altoist, brittle, brittly, cattail, cattily, cuittle, cultist, dottily, elitist, entitle, fattily, flitted, flitter, flutist, glitter, glottic, glottis, intitle, kittled, kittler, kittles, lattice, lattins, leftist, letting, lithest, litotes, litotic, litters, littery, littler, littles, lotting, lutists, nattily, nuttily, otolith, pettily, rattail, retitle, ruttily, skittle, slitted, slitter, spittle, spotlit, starlit, stilted, stylist, stylite, tacitly, tactile, talipot, tallith, tastily, tattily, tertial, testily, textile, thistle, thistly, tightly, tillite, tilters, tilting, titlark, titling, titlist, tittles, titular, toilets, tortile, triolet, triplet, tritely, tuftily, uptilts, utility, vittled, vittles, whittle, wittily, wittols.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Fiction
11. Quotations: Non-fiction
12. Usage Frequency
13. Names: Frequency
14. Expressions
15. Expressions: Internet
16. Translations: Modern
17. Translations: Ancient
18. Derivations
19. Rhymes
20. Anagrams
21. Bibliography


  

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