tilt
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
Types & categories
- struggle hypernym
Parts & wholes
- tournament part holonym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
to incline or bend from a vertical position
She leaned over the banister
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
they were involved in a violent argument
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- contend derivation
- quarrel derivation
- dispute derivation
- contest derivation
- controversial derivation
- contentious derivation
- combative derivation
Sense 4 verb
heel over
The tower is tilting
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
a slight but noticeable partiality
the court's tilt toward conservative rulings
Types & categories
- partisanship hypernym
Sense 6 verb
move sideways or in an unsteady way
The ship careened out of control
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 7 noun
the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
the tower had a pronounced tilt
Types & categories
- spatial relation hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 8 verb
charge with a tilt
Types & categories
- joust hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 9 noun
pitching dangerously to one side
Types & categories
- pitching hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | joust |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tilt |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | tournament |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | struggle |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | lean on |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | overturn |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | bowl over |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | leaner |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | careen |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lean |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rake |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | angle |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | bend |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | slope |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | weather |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | heel |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | recline |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | contend |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | quarrel |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispute |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | contest |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | controversial |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | contentious |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | combative |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | dispute |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | argy-bargy |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | firestorm |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sparring |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | polemic |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fight |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | careen |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bevel |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | tilter |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | rake |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | camber |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cock |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | partisanship |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | shifting |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | careen |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | wobbler |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | wobble |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | lean |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | slope |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | tilt |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | heel |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | spatial relation |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | tilt |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | tilter |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | joust |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | rock |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | rock |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | swing |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | cant |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | careen |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | lurch |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | tilt |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | bumpy |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | pitching |