- 1[intransitive, transitive] to move, or make something move, into a position with one side or end higher than the other synonym tip (+ adv./prep.) Suddenly the boat tilted to one side. The seat tilts forward, when you press this lever. tilt something (+ adv./prep.) His hat was tilted slightly at an angle. She tilted her head back and looked up at me with a smile.
- 2[transitive, intransitive] tilt (something/somebody) (in favor of/away from something/somebody) to make something or someone change slightly so that one particular opinion, person, etc. is preferred or more likely to succeed than another; to change in this way The conditions may tilt the balance in favor of the Kenyan runners. Popular opinion has tilted in favor of the socialists. Idioms
tilt
verbNAmE//tɪlt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they tilt he / she / it tilts
past simple tilted
-ing form tilting
to waste your energy attacking imaginary enemies From Cervantes' novel Don Quixote, in which the hero thought that the windmills he saw were giants and tried to fight them.
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