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uptilt

uptilt verb: to tilt upward.

Verb

uptilt (third-person singular simple present uptilts, present participle uptilting, simple past and past participle uptilted)

  1. (intransitive) To tilt upward.
  2. (transitive) To cause to tilt upward.
    • "Oh, that kind," retorted Carl, uptilting his chin a little. Carl never did like to own up he had made a mistake.1970, Eleanor Hodgman Porter, Hustler Joe: and other stories

Noun

uptilt (plural uptilts)

  1. An upward tilt.

Adjective

uptilt (not comparable)

  1. Tilted upward.

Forms of uptilt

Verb
third-person singular presentuptilts
present participleuptilting
past participleuptilted
pastuptilted
Noun
pluraluptilts

Origin of uptilt

From up- + tilt.

Questions about uptilt

What does uptilt mean?
Uptilt means to tilt upward.
What part of speech is uptilt?
Uptilt can be a verb, a noun or an adjective.
What is the past tense of uptilt?
The past tense of uptilt is uptilted.

Words near uptilt in the dictionary

  1. uptightness
  2. uptightnesses
  3. uptights
  4. uptil
  5. uptill
  6. uptilt
  7. uptilted
  8. uptilting
  9. uptilts
  10. uptime
  11. uptimes

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