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tilt | til |

As a verb tilt

is to slope or incline (something); to slant or tilt can be to cover with a tilt, or awning.

As a noun tilt

is a slope or inclination (uncountable) or tilt can be a canvas covering for carts, boats, etc.

As an initialism til is

(internet slang) today i learned.

tilt

English

(wikipedia tilt)

Etymology 1

Old English tyltan'' "to be unsteady"; Middle English ''tilte . Cognate with Icelandic . The nominal sense of "a joust" appears around 1510, presumably derived from the barrier which separated the combatants, which suggests connection with . The modern transitive meaning is from 1590, the intransitive use appears 1620.

Verb

(en verb)
  • To slope or incline (something); to slant
    • Tilt the barrel to pour out its contents.
  • (jousting ) To charge (at someone) with a lance
  • * William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet act III, scene I
    • He tilts / With piercing steel at bold Mercutio's breast.
  • * Tennyson
    • But in this tournament can no man tilt .
  • To be at an angle
  • * Grew
    • The trunk of the body is kept from tilting forward by the muscles of the back.
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 20 , author=Nathan Rabin , title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992) , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=“Marge Gets A Job” opens with the foundation of the Simpson house tilting perilously to one side, making the family homestead look like the suburban equivalent of the Leaning Tower Of Pisa. }}
  • To point or thrust a weapon at.
    • (Beaumont and Fletcher)
  • * 1819 , , Otho the Great , Act V, Scene V, verses 52-54
    • I say I quarrell’d with you;
    We did not tilt each other, — that’s a blessing, —
    Good gods! no innocent blood upon my head!
  • To point or thrust (a weapon).
  • * J. Philips
    • Sons against fathers tilt the fatal lance.
  • To forge (something) with a tilt hammer.
    • to tilt steel in order to render it more ductile
  • (poker) To play worse than usual (often as a result of previous bad luck).
  • (photography) To move a camera vertically in a controlled way.
    • Synonyms
    * slope * incline * slant
    Coordinate terms
    * (photography) pan, cant

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a slope or inclination (uncountable)
  • a jousting contest (countable)
  • A thrust, as with a lance.
    • (Addison)
  • (photography) the controlled vertical movement of a camera, or a device to achieve this
  • an attempt at something, such as a tilt at public office .
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=December 7 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Man City 2 - 0 Bayern Munich , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=City will now make the Premier League an even bigger priority, while regrouping and planning again for what they hope will be another tilt at the Champions League next season.}}
  • tilt hammer
  • The inclination of part of the body, such as backbone, pelvis, head, etc.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) telt, from (etyl) ). More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A canvas covering for carts, boats, etc.
  • Any covering overhead; especially, a tent.
    • (Denham)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover with a tilt, or awning.

    • Derived terms

    * at full tilt * atilt * on tilt

    References

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    til

    English

    Alternative forms

    * 'til

    Conjunction

    (English Conjunctions)
  • (nonstandard) until, till
    • {{quote-magazine
    , date= , year=c1390 , month= , first=Geoffry , last=Chaucer , author= , coauthors= , title=The Canterbury Tales , passage=He slepeth...Al nyght til the sonne gan aryse. }}
    {{quote-magazine
    , date= , year=2010 , month=May , first=James , last=Parker , author= , coauthors= , title=Revenge of the Wimps , volume=305 , issue=4 , page=38 , magazine=The Atlantic Monthly , publisher= , issn= citation , passage=EVEN IF YOU MAKE ME WRITE IN THIS EVERY DAY TIL THEY LET ME OUT OF HERE }}

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • (nonstandard) until, till
    • {{quote-book
    , year=1425 , year_published= , edition= , editor= , author=Wycliffe , title=Wycliffe Bible , chapter=Ezekial 1:27 , url= , genre= , publisher= , isbn= , page= , passage=Fro þe leendis]] of hym & aboue, & fro þe [[lende, leendis of him til beneþe I sa? þe licnesse of fier.}}
    {{quote-magazine
    , date= , year=2004 , month=Nov , first= , last= , author= , coauthors=Harper, Gary W. / Gannon, Christine / Watson, Susan E. / Catania, Joseph A. / Dolcini, M. Margaret , title=The Role of Close Friends in African American Adolescents' Dating and Sexual Behavior , volume=41 , issue=4 , page=351-362 , magazine=Journal of Sex Research , publisher= , issn= , url= , passage=I just don't know how to just come out in the blue and say it, so I just wait til it comes up... }}
    {{quote-magazine
    , date=Winter , year=2008 , month= , first=Michael , last=Copperman , author= , coauthors= , title=Gone , volume=39 , issue=3 , page=139-145 , magazine=Arkansas Review , publisher=Arkansas State University , issn= , url= , passage=Let him wander round and kids gone meddle him til he get to fighting again. }}
  • (archaic) ~ to : as far as; down to; up to, until
    • {{quote-book
    , year=1425 , year_published= , edition= , editor= , author=Wycliffe , title=Wycliffe Bible , chapter=Ezekial 40:15 , url= , genre= , publisher= , isbn= , page= , passage=He maad frountis by sixti cubitis ... and bifore the face of the ?ate that lastid til to the face of the porche of the ynner ?ate, fifti cubitis.}}

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