tilt
/tɪlt/
US pronunciation
American sound/tɪlt/
tilt
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Stress
- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
US voice -> tilt
Myanmar meaning
(v) တိမ်းခြင်း။ စောင်းခြင်း။ ဝေဖန်တိုက်ခိုက်ခြင်း။ ဝေဖန်တိုက်ခိုက်သည်။
Full entry
တိမ်းသည်။ ယိမ်းသည်။ စောင်းသည်။ ငဲ့သည်။ This table tends to tilt (to one side/ over). ❍ (fig ) Popular opinion has tilted (in favour of the Socialists). ❍ She sat listening, with her head tilted slightly to one side. ❍ Don't tilt your chair or you'll fall over! ❍ Tilt the barrel forward to empty it.
n (usu sing )
၁။ တိမ်းခြင်း။ စောင်းခြင်း။ with a tilt of his head ❍ the table is on/ at a slight tilt.
၂။ ဝေဖန်တိုက်ခိုက်ခြင်း။ have a tilt at sb.
❏ tilt at sb/sth [PHRV ] ဝေဖန်တိုက်ခိုက်သည်။ a satirical magazine tilting at public figures.
❏ tilt at windmills [IDM ] ကောင်းကင်တက် လက်ဝှေ့သတ်သည်။
More examples
- She tilted the bowl to pour the mixture out.
- The tray was tilted at an angle.
- Suddenly the boat started to tilt.
- She was sitting with her head tilted slightly back.
- [tilt the balance towards/in favour of someone] : Excellent performances from the opening batsmen have tilted the balance in favour of the home side.
Synonyms
tip, slope, slant, lean, angle, incline, roll, attack, bend, bout, break, cant, careen, charge, clash, collision, combat, conflict, contend, contest, cross swords, dip, drop, duel, encounter, fall, fight, fracas, grade, gradient, heel, inclination, joust, leaning, list, lurch, meet, overthrow, pitch, rake, recline, scrimmage, scuffle, seesaw, set at an angle, set-to, shift, skirmish, slide, slouch, spar, struggle, swag, sway, thrust, tournament, tourney, turn, tussle, yaw
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