Antonyms for tilt


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : tilt
Phonetic Transcription : tɪlt


Definition of tilt

Origin :
  • Old English *tyltan "to be unsteady," from tealt "unsteady," from Proto-Germanic *taltaz (cf. Old Norse tyllast "to trip," Swedish tulta "to waddle," Norwegian tylta "to walk on tip-toe," Middle Dutch touteren "to swing"). Meaning "to cause to lean, tip, slope" (1590s) is from sense of "push or fall over." Intransitive sense first recorded 1620s. Related: Tilted; tilting.
  • noun lean, slope
  • noun fight
  • verb lean, slant
  • verb attack, fight
Example sentences :
  • Yet he can tilt or play his part at hand-strokes as merrily as ever.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • I understand that all right, but I am still in the dark as to what is causing this increase of tilt.
  • Extract from : « The Solar Magnet » by Sterner St. Paul Meek
  • There was a momentous promise in his gravity, a hint of catastrophe in the tilt of his head.
  • Extract from : « Once to Every Man » by Larry Evans
  • As anticipated, the tilt had been rifled of its contents, chiefly flour and pork.
  • Extract from : « The Gaunt Gray Wolf » by Dillon Wallace
  • The tilt itself, however, had not been burned, and was otherwise undisturbed.
  • Extract from : « The Gaunt Gray Wolf » by Dillon Wallace
  • It was mid-forenoon of a beautiful, transparent September day when they reached the tilt.
  • Extract from : « The Gaunt Gray Wolf » by Dillon Wallace
  • That must be 235 found out; and from Tilt Cove it could be discovered in two hours.
  • Extract from : « Billy Topsail & Company » by Norman Duncan
  • They should not be permitted to slide forward on the nose or tilt.
  • Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America
  • All the planet seemed to tilt insanely as the caterwheels spun.
  • Extract from : « Sand Doom » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
  • On the following days the ceremony was prolonged by tilt and tourney.
  • Extract from : « The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa » by Paul Barron Watson

Synonyms for tilt

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