Tilt
verb
To move or shift something to a slanted or angled position.
She tilted her head inquisitively.
Often appears as...
- tilt your head
- tilt the table
verb
To cause to have a favorable inclination towards something or someone.
Public opinion is tilting towards the new political party.
Often appears as...
- tilt towards
- tilt in favor
verb
In games, to unlawfully manipulate.
He was disqualified for tilting the pinball machine.
Often appears as...
- tilt the machine
- tilt the device
noun
A sloping position or movement.
Her hat was at a tilt.
Often appears as...
- at an angle
- on a tilt
verb
To charge or joust.
The knights would tilt at each other in the tournament.
Often appears as...
- tilt at windmills
- tilt in competition
verb
To move or shift something to a slanted or angled position.
She tilted her head inquisitively.
Often appears as...
- tilt your head
- tilt the table
verb
To cause to have a favorable inclination towards something or someone.
Public opinion is tilting towards the new political party.
Often appears as...
- tilt towards
- tilt in favor
verb
In games, to unlawfully manipulate.
He was disqualified for tilting the pinball machine.
Often appears as...
- tilt the machine
- tilt the device
noun
A sloping position or movement.
Her hat was at a tilt.
Often appears as...
- at an angle
- on a tilt
verb
To charge or joust.
The knights would tilt at each other in the tournament.
Often appears as...
- tilt at windmills
- tilt in competition
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Pro Tip 1/2Physical Gesture
Indicates curiosity or confusion when someone tilts their head while listening or thinking.
He tilted his head, puzzled by the riddle.
Pro Tip 2/2Visual Balance
'Tilt' often suggests a loss of balance or symmetry in images or objects.
The frame tilted to one side, making the artwork look off-centered.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Gesture
Indicates curiosity or confusion when someone tilts their head while listening or thinking.
He tilted his head, puzzled by the riddle.
Pro Tip 2/2Visual Balance
'Tilt' often suggests a loss of balance or symmetry in images or objects.
The frame tilted to one side, making the artwork look off-centered.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Gesture
Indicates curiosity or confusion when someone tilts their head while listening or thinking.
He tilted his head, puzzled by the riddle.
Pro Tip 2/2Visual Balance
'Tilt' often suggests a loss of balance or symmetry in images or objects.
The frame tilted to one side, making the artwork look off-centered.
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How to track a tornado -...
is that we caught this storm from when it didn't make a tornado to when it made a tornado and intensified and when it dissipated. This is the one of the rare data sets that we have out there that were able to study the entire life cycle of a tornado. I talked about how we think that rear-flank downdraft is important because it tilts, there's a lot of spin in the atmosphere,
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How to build a greener,...
something else I've noticed is the increasing and aggressive use of lobbying which has almost become part of the job of senior management and a highly effective return on their on their time it's about tilting the playing field so that it's tilted in your direction keeps out competition keeps the advantages and
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Growly Chihuahua PIPE...
him so look at my body language how I'm gonna go down so I can get him in a more comfortable sound going down there you doing straighforward no tilting means I'm feeding myself to you bite me but if I go in a straight line I want to be with you so he said here's the first
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The benefits of good...
to a few inches in front of your ankle. This keeps your center of gravity directly over your base of support, which allows you to move efficiently with the least amount of fatigue and muscle strain. If you're sitting, your neck should be vertical, not tilted forward.
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The fundamentals of...
Still viewing it as a flip book of panels, we don't need to redraw anything. We simply move all of the cutout frames slightly until Andrew's tilted world line becomes completely vertical. To see why, let's flip it. Yes, now I'm stationery, just jogging on the spot,
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The fundamentals of...
then again a bit later, the speed may have changed. In other words, as I discovered, gravity causes acceleration, so we need the world line to look different from one moment to the next. As we saw in the last lesson, the correct way to tilt an object's world line
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Why doesn’t the Leaning...
No one knew how the tower was still standing, but the crisis was they had to solve a problem that stumped centuries of engineers, and they needed to do it fast. To understand their situation, it’s helpful to understand why the tower tilted in the first place.
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The fundamentals of...
In the last lesson, we showed how to get Tom's perspective moving all the panels along a bit until his world line is completely vertical. But look carefully at the light world line. The rearrangement of the panels means it's now tilted over too far.
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Where are all the...
We ended up with a large moon and that permitted Earth to have both a stable axial tilt and a slow rotation rate. Both factors influence climate and the suggestion is that they've helped moderate climate change.
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Into Darkness by Bridget...
pale blue marble dangling in the dark Leeming Leviathan rotating the wrong way tilted sideways adorned in delicate rings so faint at first we fail to see them world with shorter days than our
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How to track a tornado -...
is that we caught this storm from when it didn't make a tornado to when it made a tornado and intensified and when it dissipated. This is the one of the rare data sets that we have out there that were able to study the entire life cycle of a tornado. I talked about how we think that rear-flank downdraft is important because it tilts, there's a lot of spin in the atmosphere,
Video examples
How to build a greener,...
something else I've noticed is the increasing and aggressive use of lobbying which has almost become part of the job of senior management and a highly effective return on their on their time it's about tilting the playing field so that it's tilted in your direction keeps out competition keeps the advantages and
Video examples
Growly Chihuahua PIPE...
him so look at my body language how I'm gonna go down so I can get him in a more comfortable sound going down there you doing straighforward no tilting means I'm feeding myself to you bite me but if I go in a straight line I want to be with you so he said here's the first
Video examples
The benefits of good...
to a few inches in front of your ankle. This keeps your center of gravity directly over your base of support, which allows you to move efficiently with the least amount of fatigue and muscle strain. If you're sitting, your neck should be vertical, not tilted forward.
Video examples
The fundamentals of...
Still viewing it as a flip book of panels, we don't need to redraw anything. We simply move all of the cutout frames slightly until Andrew's tilted world line becomes completely vertical. To see why, let's flip it. Yes, now I'm stationery, just jogging on the spot,
Video examples
The fundamentals of...
then again a bit later, the speed may have changed. In other words, as I discovered, gravity causes acceleration, so we need the world line to look different from one moment to the next. As we saw in the last lesson, the correct way to tilt an object's world line
Video examples
Why doesn’t the Leaning...
No one knew how the tower was still standing, but the crisis was they had to solve a problem that stumped centuries of engineers, and they needed to do it fast. To understand their situation, it’s helpful to understand why the tower tilted in the first place.
Video examples
The fundamentals of...
In the last lesson, we showed how to get Tom's perspective moving all the panels along a bit until his world line is completely vertical. But look carefully at the light world line. The rearrangement of the panels means it's now tilted over too far.
Video examples
Where are all the...
We ended up with a large moon and that permitted Earth to have both a stable axial tilt and a slow rotation rate. Both factors influence climate and the suggestion is that they've helped moderate climate change.
Video examples
Into Darkness by Bridget...
pale blue marble dangling in the dark Leeming Leviathan rotating the wrong way tilted sideways adorned in delicate rings so faint at first we fail to see them world with shorter days than our
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Michael J. Fox
Canadian Actor
I believe that the majority of times the scale tilts toward the good. It's this amazing thing that rolls on and if we get in the flow of it, that's God. And if we fight it, if we swim the other way, we're swimming away from the purest expression of this life.
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Kartik Aaryan
Indian Actor
I was with my mother at a mall when our car was suddenly surrounded by people. Initially, she loved seeing her son getting mobbed. Then the crowds started swelling, and they began to push and shove and tilt the car. My mom's joy turned into anxiety.
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Ali Larter
American Model
Growing up, others girls wanted to dance and help their mums with the cooking. I liked to play soccer with the boys. Or I'd be off on my own, tilting mirrors towards the sun in order to burn armies of ants. That was my idea of fun.
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Kari Skogland
The world went tilted in a lovely way - suddenly, television was no longer television. It was like, 'Oh, my God, this is the new world!' I got to work with horses and cannons, and fight sequences and castles.
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Rachael Ray
American Businesswoman
I have learned how to breathe, to use my cords differently. I had been tilting my head in a way when I talked that wasn't good for my throat. I've been working on all of that, and it seems to be helping.
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Fred MacMurray
Just because a woman is beautiful doesn't mean she can't be a good wife. If her beauty affects her personality, then it's her mentality that's at fault... not the tilt of her nose.
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Dennis DeYoung
American Musician
If you have talent and you work really hard, it increases your odds but it doesn't ensure anything. But every now and then, the universe must tilt in your direction.
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James Holzhauer
American Celebrity
In gambling we say you are 'on tilt' when your mood gets in the way of making your best decisions. And nobody plays well on tilt.
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Anthony Foxx
American Politician
The I-495 bridge over the Christina River in Wilmington, Delaware, is tilting.
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Sriram Raghavan
Indian Director
As a filmmaker, I tilt towards stories which are crime-led.
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Michael J. Fox
Canadian Actor
I believe that the majority of times the scale tilts toward the good. It's this amazing thing that rolls on and if we get in the flow of it, that's God. And if we fight it, if we swim the other way, we're swimming away from the purest expression of this life.
Quote examples
Kartik Aaryan
Indian Actor
I was with my mother at a mall when our car was suddenly surrounded by people. Initially, she loved seeing her son getting mobbed. Then the crowds started swelling, and they began to push and shove and tilt the car. My mom's joy turned into anxiety.
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Ali Larter
American Model
Growing up, others girls wanted to dance and help their mums with the cooking. I liked to play soccer with the boys. Or I'd be off on my own, tilting mirrors towards the sun in order to burn armies of ants. That was my idea of fun.
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Kari Skogland
The world went tilted in a lovely way - suddenly, television was no longer television. It was like, 'Oh, my God, this is the new world!' I got to work with horses and cannons, and fight sequences and castles.
Quote examples
Rachael Ray
American Businesswoman
I have learned how to breathe, to use my cords differently. I had been tilting my head in a way when I talked that wasn't good for my throat. I've been working on all of that, and it seems to be helping.
Quote examples
Fred MacMurray
Just because a woman is beautiful doesn't mean she can't be a good wife. If her beauty affects her personality, then it's her mentality that's at fault... not the tilt of her nose.
Quote examples
Dennis DeYoung
American Musician
If you have talent and you work really hard, it increases your odds but it doesn't ensure anything. But every now and then, the universe must tilt in your direction.
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James Holzhauer
American Celebrity
In gambling we say you are 'on tilt' when your mood gets in the way of making your best decisions. And nobody plays well on tilt.
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Anthony Foxx
American Politician
The I-495 bridge over the Christina River in Wilmington, Delaware, is tilting.
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Sriram Raghavan
Indian Director
As a filmmaker, I tilt towards stories which are crime-led.
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