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
tilt at windmills
- to waste your energy attacking imaginary enemies