Dictionary
tilt
Pronunciation: (tilt), [key]—
v.t.
1. to cause to lean, incline, slope, or slant.
2. to rush at or charge, as in a joust.
3. to hold poised for attack, as a lance.
4. to move (a camera) up or down on its vertical axis for photographing or televising a moving character, object, or the like.
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v.i.
1. to move into or assume a sloping position or direction.
2. to strike, thrust, or charge with a lance or the like (usually fol. by
at).
3. to engage in a joust, tournament, or similar contest.
4. (of a camera) to move on its vertical axis:
The camera tilts downward for an overhead shot.
5. to incline in opinion, feeling, etc.; lean:
She's tilting toward the other candidate this year.
6. tilt at windmills, to contend against imaginary opponents or injustices.
Also,fight with windmills.
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n.
1. an act or instance of tilting.
2. the state of being tilted; a sloping position.
3. a slope.
4. a joust or any other contest.
5. a dispute; controversy.
6. a thrust of a weapon, as at a tilt or joust.
7. (in aerial photography) the angle formed by the direction of aim of a camera and a perpendicular to the surface of the earth.
8. (at) full tilt. See
full tilt. tilt
Pronunciation: (tilt), [key]—
n.
1. a cover of coarse cloth, canvas, etc., as for a wagon.
2. an awning.
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v.t.
to furnish with a tilt.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
