Tilt

verb (used with object)
1.
to cause to lean, incline, slope, or slant.
2.
to rush at or charge, as in a joust.
3.
to hold poised for attack, as a lance.
4.
to move (a camera) up or down on its vertical axis for photographing or televising a moving character, object, or the like.
verb (used without object)
5.
to move into or assume a sloping position or direction.
6.
to strike, thrust, or charge with a lance or the like (usually followed by at).
7.
to engage in a joust, tournament, or similar contest.
8.
(of a camera) to move on its vertical axis:
The camera tilts downward for an overhead shot.
9.
to incline in opinion, feeling, etc.; lean:
She’s tilting toward the other candidate this year.
noun
10.
an act or instance of tilting.
11.
the state of being tilted; a sloping position.
12.
a slope.
13.
a joust or any other contest.
14.
a dispute; controversy.
15.
a thrust of a weapon, as at a tilt or joust.
16.
(in aerial photography) the angle formed by the direction of aim of a camera and a perpendicular to the surface of the earth.
Idioms
17.
(at) full tilt. full tilt.
18.
tilt at windmills, to contend against imaginary opponents or injustices.
Also, fight with windmills.
noun
1.
a cover of coarse cloth, canvas, etc., as for a wagon.
2.
an awning.
verb (used with object)
3.
to furnish with a tilt.
verb
1.
to incline or cause to incline at an angle
2.
(usually intransitive) to attack or overthrow (a person or people) in a tilt or joust
3.
when intr, often foll by at. to aim or thrust: to tilt a lance
4.
(transitive) to work or forge with a tilt hammer
noun
5.
a slope or angle: at a tilt
6.
the act of tilting
7.
(esp in medieval Europe)

a jousting contest
a thrust with a lance or pole delivered during a tournament

8.
an attempt to win a contest
9.
See tilt hammer
10.
full tilt, at full tilt, at full speed or force
noun
1.
an awning or canopy, usually of canvas, for a boat, booth, etc
verb
2.
(transitive) to cover or provide with a tilt