| verb | to incline or bend from a vertical position “She leaned over the banister” |
| verb | heel over “The tower is tilting” |
| verb | move sideways or in an unsteady way “The ship careened out of control” |
| verb | charge with a tilt |
| adjective | departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal “the leaning tower of Pisa” |
| lean | noun | the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical |
| leaner | noun | (horseshoes) the throw of a horseshoe so as to lean against (but not encircle) the stake |
| tilt | noun | the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical |
| slant | noun | degree of deviation from a horizontal plane |
| angle | noun | the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians |
| cant | noun | a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force |
| tilter | noun | a device for emptying a cask by tilting it without disturbing the dregs |
| pitch | noun | degree of deviation from a horizontal plane |
| careen | noun | pitching dangerously to one side |
| wobble | noun | an unsteady rocking motion |
| wobbler | noun | something that wobbles |
| shift | noun | the act of moving from one place to another |