| VERB | motion | tilt, lean, tip, slant, angle | to incline or bend from a vertical position |
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| motion | tilt, cant, cant over, slant, pitch | heel over | |
| motion | tilt, careen, wobble, shift | move sideways or in an unsteady way | |
| competition | tilt | charge with a tilt | |
| NOUN | event | tilt, joust | a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances |
| communication | tilt, controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, argument, arguing | a contentious speech act | |
| cognition | tilt | a slight but noticeable partiality | |
| attribute | tilt, list, inclination, lean, leaning | the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical | |
| act | tilt, rock, careen, sway | pitching dangerously to one side |
| Sounds | tih'lt | |
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| Rhymes | built ... wilt: 14 rhymes with ihlt... | |
| Meaning | A combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances. | |
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| Synonym | joust | |
| Part of | tournament | A series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize |
| Broader | struggle, battle | An energetic attempt to achieve something |
| Spanish | justa, torneo | |
| Catalan | justa, torneig | |
| Verbs | tilt | charge with a tilt |
| Meaning | A contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement. | |
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| Synonyms | controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, argument, arguing | |
| Narrower | argy-bargy, argle-bargle | A verbal / verbal / verbal dispute |
| fight | An intense verbal / verbal / verbal dispute | |
| firestorm | An outburst of controversy | |
| polemic | A controversy (especially over a belief or dogma) | |
| sparring | An argument in which the participants are trying to gain some advantage | |
| Broader | dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict | A disagreement or argument about something important |
| Spanish | bronca, controversia, discusión, disputa, lid, pelea, pendencia, polémica, quimera, riña | |
| Catalan | argument, controvèrsia, discussió, disputa, lliça, polèmica | |
| Meaning | A slight but noticeable partiality. | |
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| Example | "the court's tilt toward conservative rulings" | |
| Broader | partiality, partisanship | An inclination to favor / favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives |
| Spanish | inclinación | |
| Catalan | inclinació | |
| Meaning | The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical. | |
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| Example | "the tower had a pronounced tilt" | |
| Synonyms | list, inclination, lean, leaning | |
| Broader | position, spatial relation | The spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated |
| Spanish | inclinación | |
| Catalan | inclinació | |
| Verbs | tilt | to incline or bend from a vertical position |
| Meaning | pitching dangerously to one side. | |
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| Synonyms | rock, careen, sway | |
| Broader | lurch, pitch, pitching | abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance) |
| Catalan | escorar, inclinar-se | |
| Verbs | tilt | to incline or bend from a vertical position |
| tilt | heel over | |
| tilt | move sideways or in an unsteady way | |
| Meaning | To incline or bend from a vertical position. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | lean, tip, slant, angle | |
| Narrower | lean back, recline | Move the upper body backwards and down |
| list, heel | tilt to one side | |
| slope, incline, pitch | Be at an angle | |
| weather | Cause to slope | |
| Broader | bend, flex | form a curve |
| Spanish | inclinar, ladearse, ladear | |
| Catalan | decantar-se, decantar, inclinar | |
| Nouns | tilt | pitching dangerously to one side |
| tilt | the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical | |
| Meaning | heel over. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "The tower is tilting" | |
| Synonyms | cant, cant over, slant, pitch | |
| Narrower | cock | tilt or slant to one side |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Spanish | bascular, inclinar, oblicuar | |
| Catalan | bascular, desplomar-se, inclinar-se, inclinar, obliquar | |
| Nouns | tilt | pitching dangerously to one side |
| tilter | a device for emptying a cask by tilting it without disturbing the dregs | |
| Meaning | Move sideways or in an unsteady way. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | careen, wobble, shift | |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Spanish | bambolearse, cambiar, escorar, inclinarse, ladearse | |
| Nouns | tilt | pitching dangerously to one side |
| Meaning | Charge with a tilt. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Broader | joust | joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback |
| Spanish | inclinar, ladear | |
| Catalan | decantar, inclinar | |
| Nouns | tilt | a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances |
| tilter | someone who engages in a tilt or joust | |
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