tilt
verb/tɪlt/
/tɪlt/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they tilt | /tɪlt/ /tɪlt/ |
| he / she / it tilts | /tɪlts/ /tɪlts/ |
| past simple tilted | /ˈtɪltɪd/ /ˈtɪltɪd/ |
| past participle tilted | /ˈtɪltɪd/ /ˈtɪltɪd/ |
| -ing form tilting | /ˈtɪltɪŋ/ /ˈtɪltɪŋ/ |
- [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.
Extra Examples- Her face was tilted towards the sky.
- She thought for a minute, her head tilted to one side.
- The ground tilted (= sloped) sharply downwards.
- Tilt the mirror away from you.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- a little
- gently
- slightly
- …
- away from
- towards/toward
- tilted to one side
- [transitive, intransitive] tilt (something/somebody) (in favour of/away from something/somebody) to make something/somebody 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 favour of the Kenyan runners.
- Popular opinion has tilted in favour of the socialists.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘fall or cause to fall, topple)’: perhaps related to Old English tealt ‘unsteady’, or perhaps of Scandinavian origin and related to Norwegian tylten ‘unsteady’ and Swedish tulta ‘totter’.
Idioms
See tilt in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee tilt in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishtilt at windmills
- to waste your energy attacking imaginary enemies
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