tilt

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. tip, slant, incline, slope; joust. —n. joust, tournament; altercation, dispute; speed; slant, slope; awning, canopy. See contention, obliquity, covering.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [An incline]

Syn. slant, slope, angle, dip, rake, drop, fall, slide; see also inclination 5 .

Ant. floor*, flat land, level surface.

2. [An encounter]

Syn. joust, bout, conflict, contest, struggle, skirmish, collision, scrimmage, fracas, tussle, scuffle, meet; see also attack 1 , fight 1 .

• at full tilt,

Syn. at full speed, charging, speeding; see moving 1 .

v.

1. [To incline]

Syn. slant, tip, turn, set at an angle, lean, slope, rake, slouch, shift, dip, sway, make oblique, turn edgewise; see also bend 2 .

Ant. straighten*, level, bring into line.

2. [To encounter]

Syn. dispute, argue, contend, attack, charge, thrust, combat; see also fight 2 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

incline, inclination, slant, slope, lean, pitch, grade, gradient, rake.

II

v.

tip, incline, slant, slope, lean, turn, upend, list, cant, angle.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To depart or cause to depart from true vertical or horizontal: cant1, heel2, incline, lean1, list2, rake2, slant, slope, tip2. See STRAIGHT. 2. To strive in opposition: battle, combat, contend, duel, fight, struggle, war, wrestle. See CONFLICT. II noun 1. Deviation from a particular direction: cant1, grade, gradient, heel2, inclination, incline, lean1, list2, rake2, slant, slope, tip2. See RISE, STRAIGHT. 2. Any competition or test of opposing wills likened to the sport in which knights fought with lances: joust, tournament, tourney. See CONFLICT.