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Meaning tilt meaning

What does tilt mean?
Definitions in simple English

tilt Verb

— If something tilts, it moves to one side. The aeroplane was tilting to the left.

tilt Noun

— The tilt of an object is the position or movement of that object. The aeroplane's tilt was to the left.

tilt

— verb (= lean) to incline or bend from a vertical position She leaned over the banister — verb (= slant) heel over The tower is tilting The ceiling is slanting — verb charge with a tilt — noun (= list, inclination) 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 — noun a slight but noticeable partiality the court's tilt toward conservative rulings — noun a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances — noun (= rock) pitching dangerously to one side — verb (= careen) move sideways or in an unsteady way The ship careened out of control — noun (= argument) a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement they were involved in a violent argument

Synonyms tilt synonyms

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tilt English » English

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Topics tilt topics

What do people use tilt to talk about?
Physical actions Move Manner of movement

Move quickly
States Quality Shape Horizontal

Leaning, sloping

Conjugation tilt conjugation

How do you conjugate tilt?

tilt · verb

Examples tilt examples

How do I use tilt in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Don't tilt your chair.
Don't tilt your chair back.
I tilt my head. Not the pawn, but the knight?
The Earth's axis is not straight up and down, but tilted a little bit. This tilt is responsible for us having seasons. Otherwise, the temperature would be pretty much the same all year long.

Movie subtitles

Perhaps it's the smell of brimstone that makes you tilt your pretty nose so high.
Come on, Nellie. Tilt.
The crown is not so firmly on my head that I can let a rebel tilt at it in public.
Why tilt spears at me like that?
My advice is to tie him to a stretcher so he won't slip when you tilt it.
The thing has obviously gone tilt or something. Look. Now, look.
Amalio, tilt your hat back.
Well, if people wouldn't look at me a little tilt.
Now tilt your head back the way you had it.
Now tilt your head just.
Tilt the lampshade towards me, Rex.
And talking of windmills These girls aren't afraid to tilt at the permissive society.
It does not tilt on its axis relative to its sun.
It may not tilt, Professor, but it could move closer.
Bror, dear, you know you mustn't tilt your chair.
Just tilt your head back a little.
Just tilt your head back, I'll be right with you.
You can tie him to a stretcher so you can tilt him vertically.
The thing has obviously gone tilt or something.
Everything looks tilt, but there's. there's logic behind it.
I even have them for breakfast. Well, if people wouldn't look at me a little tilt.
Couldn't happen you say? Far-fetched, way out, tilt-of-center?
Tilt your head back.
Tilt your head and look directly up.
Tilt forward, please.
Tilt!
No tilt!
That is the residence of Jackson Tilt McCanles and family.
Tilt.
Tilt, your turn.
And tilt it.
And the tilt of the head?
Oh, sir, could you tilt that just a little bit this way?
You can't fight against a tilt.
It is no use snuggling up against it. painting over it, the tilt remains insensitive to the friendship you feel, to the love which you seek, to the desire which torments you.
Come, tilt your head forward.
And I say, this pose, just tilt your body a little. because people on this side of the theater. and people on this side wanna see you.
So tilt your body just slightly like this.

News and current affairs

If the perception of further US hostility toward Latin America persists, the tilt toward an irresponsible, demagogic left will harden.
Russia's current diplomatic tilt, indeed, is clearly against its own long-term national security interests.
Governments must make bold policy choices that not only level the playing field, but also tilt it toward environmental sustainability.
Of course, what is advantageous today may be problematic tomorrow: Europe and Japan will face severe problems when their demographic pyramids tilt towards the elderly, eliminating the temporary demographic advantage they have relative to the US today.
There has been no general tilt to the right or left in the region.
Political operatives may also judge that an increased sense of danger and insecurity will tilt votes to the Republicans in the US congressional elections in November.
It is no secret that Russia's diplomats and military leaders were unhappy with Putin's decisive tilt toward the West after the war on terror began.
By contrast, similar surveys in other Arab capitals find a decided tilt toward a Muslim identity.
A tilt toward monetary rigidity and an expansive fiscal policy through a creeping abandonment of the EU Stability Pact.
In the years that followed, he would tilt toward liberal economics whenever he felt powerful enough to do so.
If the experiment finds the predicted particle, it will tilt the argument toward form.
Structural-reform conditions often tilt the balance between competing domestic factions, for better or for worse.
Indeed, China's dilemma is emblematic of one of developing Asia's greatest challenges: the need to tilt the growth model away from external toward internal demand.
Thus, if China truly is the mercantilist power that many in the West claim, it should tilt decisively towards the South.
Indeed, there has been no stoppage of flights to and from the country, or any other measures that could tilt the population of Damascus and Aleppo against the regime and bring the crisis to an end.
By making a solemn resolution and telling our family and close friends about it, we tilt the scales against succumbing to temptation.
And while the US has long urged China to tilt its growth model toward private consumption, it is uncomfortable with many of the implications of this shift.
These Islamic terrorists, with their global reach, could well tilt the balance from one extreme to the other in a number of countries.
And Europe cannot deploy the type of power needed to tilt the balance in Arab-Israeli peacemaking.
The recent inversion of this relationship suggests that the structure of Chinese growth is starting to tilt toward services.

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