Meaning of "tilt" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TILT

Old English tealtian; related to Dutch touteren to totter, Norwegian tylta to tiptoe, tylten unsteady.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF TILT

tilt  [tɪlt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TILT

Tilt is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb tilt in English.

WHAT DOES TILT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of tilt in the English dictionary

The first definition of tilt in the dictionary is to incline or cause to incline at an angle. Other definition of tilt is to attack or overthrow in a tilt or joust. Tilt is also when intr, often foll by at to aim or thrust.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO TILT

PRESENT

Present

I tilt

you tilt

he/she/it tilts

we tilt

you tilt

they tilt

Present continuous

I am tilting

you are tilting

he/she/it is tilting

we are tilting

you are tilting

they are tilting

Present perfect

I have tilted

you have tilted

he/she/it has tilted

we have tilted

you have tilted

they have tilted

Present perfect continuous

I have been tilting

you have been tilting

he/she/it has been tilting

we have been tilting

you have been tilting

they have been tilting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I tilted

you tilted

he/she/it tilted

we tilted

you tilted

they tilted

Past continuous

I was tilting

you were tilting

he/she/it was tilting

we were tilting

you were tilting

they were tilting

Past perfect

I had tilted

you had tilted

he/she/it had tilted

we had tilted

you had tilted

they had tilted

Past perfect continuous

I had been tilting

you had been tilting

he/she/it had been tilting

we had been tilting

you had been tilting

they had been tilting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will tilt

you will tilt

he/she/it will tilt

we will tilt

you will tilt

they will tilt

Future continuous

I will be tilting

you will be tilting

he/she/it will be tilting

we will be tilting

you will be tilting

they will be tilting

Future perfect

I will have tilted

you will have tilted

he/she/it will have tilted

we will have tilted

you will have tilted

they will have tilted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been tilting

you will have been tilting

he/she/it will have been tilting

we will have been tilting

you will have been tilting

they will have been tilting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would tilt

you would tilt

he/she/it would tilt

we would tilt

you would tilt

they would tilt

Conditional continuous

I would be tilting

you would be tilting

he/she/it would be tilting

we would be tilting

you would be tilting

they would be tilting

Conditional perfect

I would have tilt

you would have tilt

he/she/it would have tilt

we would have tilt

you would have tilt

they would have tilt

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been tilting

you would have been tilting

he/she/it would have been tilting

we would have been tilting

you would have been tilting

they would have been tilting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you tilt
we let´s tilt
you tilt

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to tilt

Past participle

tilted

Present Participle

tilting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «TILT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «tilt» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of tilt

angle · attack · camber · cant · clash · combat · contend · cross swords · duel · encounter · fight · gradient · heel · inclination · incline · joust · lean · list · lists · lock horns · nod · pitch · set-to · slant · slope · spar · tip · tournament · tourney

TRANSLATION OF TILT

Find out the translation of tilt to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of tilt from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tilt» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 使倾斜
• Translator English - Spanish: inclinar
• English: tilt
• Translator English - Hindi: झुकाव
• Translator English - Arabic: الميل
• Translator English - Russian: наклона
• Translator English - Portuguese: inclinar
• Translator English - Bengali: ঘটাটোপ
• Translator English - French: incliner
• Translator English - Malay: Kecondongan
• Translator English - German: neigen
• Translator English - Japanese: 傾ける/傾く
• Translator English - Korean: 기울이다
• Translator English - Javanese: Ngiringake
• Translator English - Vietnamese: nghiên
• Translator English - Tamil: சாய்
• Translator English - Marathi: झुकणे
• Translator English - Turkish: eğim
• Translator English - Italian: inclinare
• Translator English - Polish: plandeka
• Translator English - Ukrainian: нахилу
• Translator English - Romanian: înclinare
• Translator English - Greek: κλίση
• Translator English - Afrikaans: kantel
• Translator English - Swedish: lutning
• Translator English - Norwegian: tilt

7 QUOTES WITH «TILT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word tilt.

1

Travis Barker

I'm a freak, everything has to be totally flat when I play. Ed Will, my jazz teacher, set up everything completely flat, and then you'd tilt your snare drum away from you, so I do that too. So my snare tilts away from me.

2

James Belushi

When Whitney Houston died, I felt great sadness. My sadness, of course, was about our collective loss - when you listened to this nightingale sing, your body would drop into a chair, your head would tilt up, a small smile would creep across your face, and inside you knew that there was a higher power somewhere: gifted, beautiful, spiritual.

3

Jonathan Haidt

While it is useful to rebut charges and get your arguments out in circulation, you have to understand that arguments and evidence have little impact on people as long as their feelings tilt them against you.

4

Brit Hume

Surveys have shown going back as far as you and I can remember that people have perceived a leftward tilt in the basic coverage that they get on TV news.

5

Michael Lomenda

Take the leap. If you love theater more than anything, take the leap. It's so rich if you give over fully to it; there are no halfers or returnsies in this business - if you don't... There's no way to go other than full tilt with your life and job.

6

Joseph Monninger

When a trout rises to a fly, it does not swim as much as tilt its fins and jet skyward.

7

Ted Rall

When you have birds you stare at them a lot and their eyes are recessed on their head. When they look at something they tilt their head in a quizzical expression.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TILT»

Discover the use of tilt in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tilt and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Tilt

She never expects to hurdle toward self-destructive extremes in order to define who she is and who she wants to be. Love, in all its forms, has crucial consequences in this wrenching story from Ellen Hopkins.

Ellen Hopkins, 2012

Full Tilt

Full of roller-coaster twists and turns, Neal Shusterman's page-turner is an Orpheus-like adventure into one boy's psyche.

Neal Shusterman, 2012

Tilt: Every Family Spins on Its Own Axis ; a Novel

Elizabeth Burns weaves the beauty and imagery of her poetic voice into a story of pain, humor, struggle and ultimate redemption.

Elizabeth Burns, 2003

Tilt?: The Search for Media Bias

Presents the first comprehensive review of the charges, the evidence, and the effects of media bias allegations.

David Niven, 2002

Global Tilt: Leading Your Business Through the Great ...

Ram Charan’s unparalleled experience with global leaders and companies and the unique and powerful insights he brings to this book will light the way for you and your exciting journey. From the Hardcover edition.

Ram Charan, 2013

Tilt

When imaginative sixteen-year-old Stan's simple dreams of making the JV basketball team fall through, he finds himself aware of the unexpected attention of mysterious Janine Igwash, just as his father and four-year-old half brother arrive ...

Alan Cumyn, 2011

The Stack and Tilt Swing: The Definitive Guide to the Swing ...

Enhanced with practice routines, a troubleshooting list, test cases, and point-by-point assistance, this is the breakthrough guide to golf's hot new secret weapon.

Michael Bennett, Andy Plummer, 2009

Tilt

These are poems that explore the ambivalence and dark unease of slippage and collapse, but they also carry a powerful sense of the miraculous made manifest amongst the ordinary: the mating of natterjack toads, ice on the beach ('dream stuff ...

Jean Sprackland, 2010

Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle

More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA

Dervla Murphy, 1987

TILT: Small Shifts in Leadership that Make a Big Difference

Each chapter looks at a leadership basic from a new angle, offering the tilt needed to lead others into true discipleship.With practical tools and exercises throughout the book, the reader is challenged to examine those things that keep us ...

Erik Rees, Jeff Jernigan, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TILT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tilt is used in the context of the following news items.

Table Selection No Longer Possible in Full Tilt Ring Games

Full Tilt removes heads-up games, changes lobby to "make the site more ... Full Tilt launches new automated seat selection to attract recreational players. «PokerNews.com, Jul 15»

Eli Roth's 'Green Inferno' Lands Under New Genre Label …

Now Blum is dipping his toes in distribution with a new genre label BH Tilt set up at Universal Studios where the production company has a first look deal and ... «RopeofSilicon.com, Jun 15»

Elijah Marsh Funeral Fundraiser Seeks Donations Through Tilt

A fundraiser set up through Tilt.com seeks donations to help cover the funeral for Elijah Marsh, who went missing from his grandmother's home in North York and ... «Huffington Post Canada, Feb 15»

PokerStars and Full Tilt Withdraw from Gray Markets: Malaysia …

PokerStars and Full Tilt have withdrawn their business from some countries, effective immediately, with an apparent focus on Asian and Islamic countries. «Pokerfuse, Sep 14»

Family behind PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker to sell business for …

PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker were run by competing firms until both had their respective operations in the US shut down in 2011. Photograph: Mikael Damkier ... «The Guardian, Jun 14»

TILT viewing platform opens in 360 Chicago skyscraper

The attraction, which costs $5 to tourists and is thought to be the first of its kind, holds up to eight people, with the platform slowly moving outward to an ... «Daily Mail, May 14»

Amazon's smartphone reportedly favors tilting gestures over buttons

That includes a deeper look at the unique gestures and tilt-based user interface made possible by the four infrared cameras on the front of the device. Suffice it to ... «The Verge, Apr 14»

Astronomers: 'Tilt-a-worlds' could harbor life

A fluctuating tilt in a planet's orbit does not preclude the possibility of life, according to new research by astronomers at the University of Washington, Utah's ... «UW Today, Apr 14»

Full Tilt Payments Arrive for U.S. Players

U.S. Full Tilt players who have been estranged from their funds for nearly three years are reporting that reimbursement has begun and that payments are landing ... «PokerUpdate, Feb 14»

Women Tilt Their Heads More, and Other Findings From a Rigorous …

What we should thank Manovich and Goddemeyer for most, perhaps, is their analysis of the head tilt. The above-the-shoulders-sister of the classic Facebook ... «Slate Magazine, Feb 14»