tilt

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1. lean, tip, list, cant, heel, Naut. careen, lurch; slope, slant, oblique, fall obliquely, skew, angle, bevel, pitch, grade, bank; ascend, rise; descend, drop or drop off, dip, sag, sink.

2.Usu. tilt at

rush at, charge; oppose, contest, contend; joust, tourney, break a lance with, run a tilt or a tilt at.

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3. slope, inclination, slant, bevel, pitch, grade, gradient, angle, skew, cant; ramp, inclined plane, bank, hillside, hill, mount, acclivity, ascent, rise; declivity, downward slope or slant, Scot, and North Eng. brae, decline, declension, descent, downgrade; drop, fall, dip, sag.

4. joust, tournament, tourney; contest, encounter, engagement, match, meeting; test, trial; scrimmage, skirmish.

5. dispute, quarrel; squabble, spat, tiff. See tiff(def 1).

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awning, canopy, Archit. baldachin, marquee; covering, cover, tent.