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(n)
A tendency.
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(v)
(intransitive) To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
A tendency or propensity.
(intransitive) To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.
The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.
(intransitive) To move with an uneven or rocking motion, or unsteadily to and fro.
A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.
Argument, contest, debate, strife, struggle.
The act of challenging or disputing a claim or idea.
argument
A debate or discussion of opposing opinions; (generally) strife.
A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.
(countable, also figuratively) A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
A movement to do something, a beginning.
(countable) An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.
(intransitive) To lurch or sway violently from side to side.
(geometry) A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).
A formation of minerals, specifically:
A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
heel over
A slope; an incline, inclination.
(adj)
Having a tendency, preference, likelihood, or disposition.
A slope or incline.
An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.
Placed at an angle, on a slant.
(uncountable) The state or quality of being steep.
(intransitive) To spin, turn, or revolve.
To make a non-linear physical movement.
(intransitive) To ride on a swing.
Someone or something which rises.
(ambitransitive) To raise or rise.
The action or process by which something is lifted; elevation
(uncountable, business, accounting) The expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
Whirling.
(transitive) To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
The act by which something is toppled.
The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.
Lying face-down.
(intransitive) To lean back.
A person or animal's natural height when standing upright.
The act by which someone kneels.
A clothes hanger.
(countable) The determination of the relative position of something or someone.
A conversion or transition from one thing to another.
(adv)
In a vertical direction or position.
(uncountable, countable) The absolute or relative size, extent or importance of something.
(transitive) To delay or postpone.
The action of folding; a fold.
(archery) A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
A color, or shade of color; tint; dye.
A likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward.
The state of being willing
(with to) To look after (e.g. an ill person.)
(of a person, predicative only) Angry, distressed, or unhappy
(countable) A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.
A slight convexity, arching or curvature of a surface of a road, beam, roof, ship's deck etc., so that liquids will flow off the sides.
(anatomy) The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
Taste, liking, or inclination (for).
The practice of leaving a tip (gratuity).
(countable, uncountable) Inclination towards something.
Arranged so as to form an angle.
(US, informal) To substitute for.
The selection of one thing or person over others (with the main adposition being "for" in relation to the thing or person, but possibly also "of")
(informal) Any relatively energetic dance to pop or rock music.
(nautical) An inclination to one side; a tilt.
A lower section of a road or geological feature.
(transitive) To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
(transitive) To push or throw over.
(countable) An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.
(transitive) To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
(intransitive) To change direction or course suddenly; to swerve.
A sudden or unsteady movement.
Obsolete form of slant. [A slope; an incline, inclination.]
An upward tilt.
Not straightforward; indirect; by implication; (sometimes even) obscure, ambiguous, or confusing.
(Canada, US) A teeter-totter or seesaw.
(transitive) To tilt too far.
An outward spread of an object such as a bowl or cup.
A fad or fashion style.
(idiomatic) To turn to one side of a balanced situation.
(transitive, grammar) To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.
(archaic, nautical, transitive) To tilt up one end of, so as to make almost vertical.
An expression in which the eyes are partly closed.
(nautical) To incline inward, as the sides of a vessel, above the bends or extreme breadth.
(nautical, of a vessel) to tilt to one side
A large amount.
bending inwards.
To tilt something upward in order to discharge its contents.
(ambitransitive) To oscillate or to tilt or pivot like a seesaw.
A furtive advance.
A sudden movement out of a straight line, for example to avoid a collision.
An act or instance of slipping.
(figurative) Not in the natural order of things; in a disorderly manner; chaotically.
(nautical) Synonym of tumble home (“to incline inward”).
To stagger or totter; to walk feebly, as one who is fatigued.