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Stephenlearner Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Dump truck and its bed?

Hi,

Greetings!

Would you provide appropriate words for the blanks?

When a dump truck wants to empty its load, it would its bed.
When it finishes emptying the load, it its bed.

Thanks a lot!
  

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" Of course this assumes that the reader is familiar with dump trucks. There are other types of trucks which can raise and lower their beds straight up and down. The dump truck tilts its bed.

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  • " Of course this assumes that the reader is familiar with dump trucks.
  • There are other types of trucks which can raise and lower their beds straight up and down.
  • The dump truck tilts its bed.
  • But what is the opposite of "tilts"?
  • -- "Untilts"?
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Probably "raise" and "lowers."

Of course this assumes that the reader is familiar with dump trucks.

There are other types of trucks which can raise and lower their beds straight up and down. The dump truck tilts its bed.
But what is the opposite of "tilts"? -- "Untilts"?
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Thanks very much.
Can I say "tip" its bed?
I found this entry in my dictionary:
(Tip) To move to a slanting position; tilt:

Is this usage awkward or uncommon?
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stephenlearnerIs this usage awkward or uncommon?
Woops! Did you add this question after my last reply??

Anyway, yes, you can say "tip its bed," and no, the usage is not awkward.

I'm not exactly sure how uncommon it might be.
We usually say something like "Dump/raise/lift the body," or "Dump the load," or just "Dump it!" (He dump
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Thank you very much. I got it.
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