Word a Day
tilt
What does tilt mean?
tilt (verb): to slope or incline (something); to slant.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use tilt in a sentence?
- Tilt the barrel to pour out its contents. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce tilt?
/tɪlt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does tilt come from?
From Middle English tilte, from Old English *tyltan, *tieltan (“to be unsteady”), related to the adjective tealt (“unsteady”), from Proto-West Germanic *talt, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *del-, *dul- (“to shake, hesitate”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of tilt?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “tilt”?
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What does “tilt” mean?
to slope or incline (something); to slant
Right! That's what “tilt” means.
to contain comfortably; to have space for
Not quite: that's what accommodate means.
use up a period of time in a specific way
Not quite: that's what spend means.
to come or go back (to a place or person)
Not quite: that's what return means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “tilt”?
give
Not quite: give means something else.
lean
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show
Not quite: show means something else.
feel
Not quite: feel means something else.
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