Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. 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.
Wiktionary
- v. present participle of tilt.
- n. The motion of something that tilts; a tilt.
- n. The process by which blister steel is rendered ductile by being forged with a tilt hammer.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of one who tilts; a tilt.
- n. The process by which blister steel is rendered ductile by being forged with a tilt hammer.
Examples
“Take the cheesecake out of the fridge and pour the ganache over the caramel, once again tilting the pan to coat the top evenly.”
“They work the meadow grass, the cottonwoods along the creek, the open barnloft, alive in tilting sweeps of hand-size shadows.”
“; and she answered, I desired to prove thy prowess afield and test thy doughtiness in tilting and jousting.”
“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.”
“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.”
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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:”
“He is interested in tilting the tax burden even more toward those who produce and less on those who don’t.”
“The United States hasn’t shown much deftness in tilting this fight between the two lefts toward pragmatists like Lula.”
“More patient investors eventually will find terms tilting back in their favor.”
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“The effect of a mass on spacetime can informally be described as tilting the direction of time towards the mass.”
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