Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act denoted by the verb tilt, in seismology, any motion of the earth's crust which produces an inclination of objects from the vertical position.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of one who tilts; a tilt.
- noun The process by which blister steel is rendered ductile by being forged with a tilt hammer.
- noun a helmet of large size and unusual weight and strength, worn at tilts.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
tilt . - noun The motion of something that
tilts ; a tilt. - noun The process by which blister steel is rendered
ductile by beingforged with atilt hammer .
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Examples
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Take the cheesecake out of the fridge and pour the ganache over the caramel, once again tilting the pan to coat the top evenly.
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Take the cheesecake out of the fridge and pour the ganache over the caramel, once again tilting the pan to coat the top evenly.
Archive 2009-04-01 Laura 2009
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They work the meadow grass, the cottonwoods along the creek, the open barnloft, alive in tilting sweeps of hand-size shadows.
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; and she answered, I desired to prove thy prowess afield and test thy doughtiness in tilting and jousting.
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You might call it tilting at windmills, but don’t say that to Neal Saiki, who holds a masters degree in aeronautical engineering and worked as a project manager at NASA developing high-altitude research vehicles, before founding Zero Motorcycles.
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He is interested in tilting the tax burden even more toward those who produce and less on those who don’t.
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But they have been very effective in tilting the general public consciousness toward a vision of an America where liberal politics just can’t win.
Matthew Yglesias » Why Is This Night Different From All Other Nights 2007
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He is interested in tilting the tax burden even more toward those who produce and less on those who don’t. aeroman Says:
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The United States hasn’t shown much deftness in tilting this fight between the two lefts toward pragmatists like Lula.
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The United States hasn’t shown much deftness in tilting this fight between the two lefts toward pragmatists like Lula.
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