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    tilt
    [tilt]
    verb
    tilted (past tense) · tilted (past participle)
    1. move or cause to move into a sloping position:
      "the floor tilted slightly" · "he tilted his head to one side"
      • change or cause to change in favor of one person or thing as opposed to another:
        "the balance of industrial power tilted towards the workers"
      • move (a camera) in a vertical plane:
        "tilting the camera causes convergence of upright lines"
    2. historical
      (tilt at)
      (in jousting) thrust at with a lance or other weapon:
      "he tilts at his prey" · "the lonely hero tilting at the system"
      • archaic
        (tilt with)
        engage in a contest with:
        "I resolved never to tilt with a French lady in compliment"
    Origin
    late Middle English (in the sense ‘fall or cause to fall, topple’): perhaps related to Old English tealt ‘unsteady’, or perhaps of Scandinavian origin and related to Norwegian tylten ‘unsteady’ and Swedish tulta ‘totter’.
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    verb
    1. move or cause to move into a sloping position:
      lean
      tip
      list
      slope
      camber
      bank
      slant
      incline
      pitch
      dip
      cant
      bevel
      angle
      cock
      heel
      careen
      bend
      be at an angle
      Opposite:
      level
      right
      be/come level
      be/come upright
      • (in jousting) thrust at with a lance or other weapon:
        charge
        rush
        run
        lunge
        prod
        poke
        jab
        thrust
        joust
        tourney
        enter the lists
        contend
        spar
        fight
        clash
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