Tilt vs. Lean
Tiltverb
(transitive) To slope or incline (something); to slant.
Tiltverb
(jousting) To charge (at someone) with a lance.
Tiltverb
(intransitive) To be at an angle.
Tiltverb
(transitive) To point or thrust a weapon at.
Tiltverb
(transitive) To point or thrust (a weapon).
Tiltverb
To forge (something) with a tilt hammer.
Tiltverb
To play worse than usual (often as a result of previous bad luck or losses).
Tiltverb
(transitive) To cover with a tilt, or awning.
Tiltnoun
A slope or inclination.
Tiltnoun
A jousting contest. (countable)
Tiltnoun
A thrust, as with a lance.
Tiltnoun
(photography) The controlled vertical movement of a camera, or a device to achieve this
Tiltnoun
An attempt at something, such as a tilt at public office.
Tiltnoun
A tilt hammer.
Tiltnoun
The inclination of part of the body, such as backbone, pelvis, head, etc.
Tiltnoun
A canvas covering for carts, boats, etc.
Tiltnoun
Any covering overhead; especially, a tent.
Tiltnoun
A covering overhead; especially, a tent.
Tiltnoun
The cloth covering of a cart or a wagon.
Tiltnoun
A cloth cover of a boat; a small canopy or awning extended over the sternsheets of a boat.
Tiltnoun
A thrust, as with a lance.
Tiltnoun
A military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants attacked each other with lances; a tournament.
Tiltnoun
See Tilt hammer, in the Vocabulary.
Tiltnoun
Inclination forward; as, the tilt of a cask.
Tiltverb
To cover with a tilt, or awning.
Tiltverb
To incline; to tip; to raise one end of for discharging liquor; as, to tilt a barrel.
Tiltverb
To point or thrust, as a lance.
Tiltverb
To point or thrust a weapon at.
Tiltverb
To hammer or forge with a tilt hammer; as, to tilt steel in order to render it more ductile.
Tiltverb
To run or ride, and thrust with a lance; to practice the military game or exercise of thrusting with a lance, as a combatant on horseback; to joust; also, figuratively, to engage in any combat or movement resembling that of horsemen tilting with lances.
Tiltverb
To lean; to fall partly over; to tip.
Tiltnoun
a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
Tiltnoun
a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement;
Tiltnoun
a slight but noticeable partiality;
Tiltnoun
the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical;
Tiltnoun
pitching dangerously to one side
Tiltverb
to incline or bend from a vertical position;
Tiltverb
heel over;
Tiltverb
move sideways or in an unsteady way;
Tiltverb
charge with a tilt
Tiltverb
move or cause to move into a sloping position
Tiltverb
change or cause to change in favour of one person or thing as opposed to another
Tiltverb
move (a camera) in a vertical plane
Tiltverb
(in jousting) thrust at with a lance or other weapon
Tiltverb
engage in a contest with
Tiltnoun
a sloping position or movement
Tiltnoun
an upwards or downwards pivoting movement of a camera
Tiltnoun
an inclination or bias
Tiltnoun
a combat for exercise or sport between two men on horseback with lances; a joust.
Tiltnoun
an attempt at winning (something) or defeating (someone)
Tiltnoun
a small hut in a forest.
Leanverb
To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
Leanverb
To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; with to, toward, etc.
Leanverb
To rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc.; with on, upon, or against.
Leanverb
To hang outwards.
Leanverb
To press against.
Leanverb
To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen.
Leanverb
To conceal.
Leannoun
(of an object taller than its width and depth) An inclination away from the vertical.
Leannoun
Meat with no fat on it.
Leannoun
A recreational drug based on codeine-laced promethazine cough syrup, popular in the hip hop community in the southeastern United States.
Leanadjective
(of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy.
Leanadjective
(of meat) Having little fat.
Leanadjective
Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.
Leanadjective
Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.
Leanadjective
Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed to fat.
Leanadjective
(business) Efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing"
Leanverb
To conceal.
Leanverb
To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating; as, she leaned out at the window; a leaning column.
Leanverb
To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; - with to, toward, etc.
Leanverb
To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; - with on, upon, or against.
Leanverb
To cause to lean; to incline; to support or rest.
Leanadjective
Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; slim; not plump; slender; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean cattle.
Leanadjective
Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; - used literally and figuratively; as, the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages.
Leanadjective
Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; - opposed to fat; as, lean copy, matter, or type.
Leannoun
That part of flesh which consists principally of muscle without the fat.
Leannoun
Unremunerative copy or work.
Leannoun
the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical;
Leanverb
to incline or bend from a vertical position;
Leanverb
cause to lean or incline;
Leanverb
have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined;
Leanverb
rely on for support;
Leanverb
cause to lean to the side;
Leanadjective
lacking excess flesh;
Leanadjective
lacking in mineral content or combustible material;
Leanadjective
containing little excess;
Leanadjective
low in mineral content;
Leanadjective
not profitable or prosperous;
Leanverb
be in or move into a sloping position
Leanverb
incline from the perpendicular and rest for support against (something)
Leanverb
cause something to rest against
Leannoun
a deviation from the perpendicular; an inclination
Leannoun
the lean part of meat
Leanadjective
(of a person or animal) thin, especially healthily so; having no superfluous fat
Leanadjective
(of meat) containing little fat
Leanadjective
(of an industry or company) efficient and with no wastage
Leanadjective
offering little reward, substance, or nourishment; meagre
Leanadjective
(of a vaporized fuel mixture) having a high proportion of air
