hilt

H0205700 (hĭlt)n. The handle of a weapon or tool.Idiom: to the hilt To the limit; completely: played the role to the hilt.

[Middle English, from Old English.]

hilt

(hɪlt) n1. (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) the handle or shaft of a sword, dagger, etc2. to the hilt to the fullvb (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) (tr) to supply with a hilt[Old English; related to Old Norse hjalt, Old Saxon helta oar handle, Old High German helza]

hilt

(hɪlt)
n. 1. the handle of a sword or dagger. 2. the handle of any weapon or tool. v.t. 3. to furnish with a hilt. Idioms: to the hilt, to the maximum extent or degree; completely; fully. [before 900; Middle English, Old English hilt(e), c. Old Saxon hilte, helta, Old High German helza, Old Norse hjalt]

hilt

Past participle: hilted
Gerund: hilting

Imperative
hilt
hilt

Present
I hilt
you hilt
he/she/it hilts
we hilt
you hilt
they hilt

Preterite
I hilted
you hilted
he/she/it hilted
we hilted
you hilted
they hilted

Present Continuous
I am hilting
you are hilting
he/she/it is hilting
we are hilting
you are hilting
they are hilting

Present Perfect
I have hilted
you have hilted
he/she/it has hilted
we have hilted
you have hilted
they have hilted

Past Continuous
I was hilting
you were hilting
he/she/it was hilting
we were hilting
you were hilting
they were hilting

Past Perfect
I had hilted
you had hilted
he/she/it had hilted
we had hilted
you had hilted
they had hilted

Future
I will hilt
you will hilt
he/she/it will hilt
we will hilt
you will hilt
they will hilt

Future Perfect
I will have hilted
you will have hilted
he/she/it will have hilted
we will have hilted
you will have hilted
they will have hilted

Future Continuous
I will be hilting
you will be hilting
he/she/it will be hilting
we will be hilting
you will be hilting
they will be hilting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been hilting
you have been hilting
he/she/it has been hilting
we have been hilting
you have been hilting
they have been hilting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been hilting
you will have been hilting
he/she/it will have been hilting
we will have been hilting
you will have been hilting
they will have been hilting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been hilting
you had been hilting
he/she/it had been hilting
we had been hilting
you had been hilting
they had been hilting

Conditional
I would hilt
you would hilt
he/she/it would hilt
we would hilt
you would hilt
they would hilt

Past Conditional
I would have hilted
you would have hilted
he/she/it would have hilted
we would have hilted
you would have hilted
they would have hilted

Thesaurus

Noun

hilt - the handle of a sword or dagger basket hilt - a hilt with a basket-shaped guard for the handdagger, sticker - a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbinghandgrip, handle, grip, hold - the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip"pommel, knob - an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or daggersword, steel, blade, brand - a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard

hilt

noun handle, grip, haft, handgrip, helve the hilt of the small, sharp knifeto the hilt (Informal) fully, completely, totally, entirely, wholly James was overdrawn and mortgaged to the hilt.

Translations

刀把剑柄柄

hilt

(hilt) noun the handle, especially of a sword. 柄，刀把，剑柄 (up) to the hilt up to the top; completely (sometimes undesirable). The glass was filled to the hilt; in debt up to the hilt. 到顶，完全的

hilt

to the hilt

As much or to the greatest degree possible; completely or utterly. They've had to borrow to the hilt to get the company off the ground. We're ready to defend our client to the hilt in court.See also: hilt

to the hilt

Also, up to the hilt. Completely, to the maximum degree, as in The house was mortgaged up to the hilt. This idiom alludes to the handle ( hilt) of a sword, the only portion that remains out when the weapon is plunged all the way in. The figurative use of the term was first recorded in 1687. See also: hilt

to the hilt

up to the hilt

COMMON1. If you do something to the hilt or up to the hilt, you do it to the greatest possible extent. He'll be a good candidate. We'll back him up to the hilt. If Fred raises this issue tomorrow, I'll defend my actions to the hilt.2. If you borrow money to the hilt or up to the hilt, you borrow as much as possible. The company had borrowed to the hilt and still needed more capital. His father's estates were mortgaged up to the hilt. Note: The hilt of a sword or knife is its handle. The image here is of a knife or sword being pushed in all the way to the handle. See also: hilt

(up) to the hilt

completely. The image is that of plunging the blade of a knife deeply into something, so that only the hilt is visible.See also: hilt

(up) to the ˈhilt

(support, etc. somebody) completely: I will support you to the hilt on this.This expression refers to the full length of a sword, up to its handle (= the hilt).See also: hilt

to the hilt

To the limit; completely: played the role to the hilt.See also: hilt

up to the hilt

To the utmost. The hilt is the handle of a dagger or sword; when the weapon is plunged all the way into something, only the hilt stays out. The term, also put as to the hilt, was transferred to other kinds of extreme by the seventeenth century. “The estate was mortgaged up to the hilt,” wrote James Payn (Thicker than Water, 1883). See also: hilt, up

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Synonyms for hilt

noun handle

Synonyms

phrase to the hilt

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noun the handle of a sword or dagger

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