tilt
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English tilte, from Old English tyltan (“to be unsteady”). Cognate with Icelandic tölt (“an ambling place”). The nominal sense of "a joust" appears around 1510, presumably derived from the barrier which separated the combatants, which suggests connection with tilt "covering". The modern transitive meaning is from 1590; the intransitive use appears 1620.
Verb
tilt (third-person singular simple present tilts, present participle tilting, simple past and past participle tilted)
- (transitive) To slope or incline (something); to slant. [1590]
- Tilt the barrel to pour out its contents.
- (jousting) To charge (at someone) with a lance. [1590]
- (Can we date this quote?), William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet act III, scene I
- He tilts / With piercing steel at bold Mercutio's breast.
- (Can we date this quote by Tennyson and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- But in this tournament can no man tilt.
- (Can we date this quote?), William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet act III, scene I
- (intransitive) To be at an angle. [1620]
- (Can we date this quote by Grew and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- The trunk of the body is kept from tilting forward by the muscles of the back.
- 2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club[1]:
- “Marge Gets A Job” opens with the foundation of the Simpson house tilting perilously to one side, making the family homestead look like the suburban equivalent of the Leaning Tower Of Pisa.
- (Can we date this quote by Grew and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- (transitive) To point or thrust a weapon at.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Beaumont and Fletcher to this entry?)
- 1819, John Keats, Otho the Great, Act V, Scene V, verses 52-54
- I say I quarrell’d with you;
- We did not tilt each other, — that’s a blessing, —
- Good gods! no innocent blood upon my head!
- (transitive) To point or thrust (a weapon).
- (Can we date this quote by J. Philips and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Sons against fathers tilt the fatal lance.
- (Can we date this quote by J. Philips and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- To forge (something) with a tilt hammer.
- to tilt steel in order to render it more ductile
- (poker, video games) To play worse than usual (often as a result of previous bad luck or losses).
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Noun
tilt (plural tilts)
- A slope or inclination.
- A jousting contest. (countable) [1510]
- A thrust, as with a lance.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Addison to this entry?)
- (photography) The controlled vertical movement of a camera, or a device to achieve this
- An attempt at something, such as a tilt at public office.
- 2011 December 7, Phil McNulty, “Man City 2 - 0 Bayern Munich”, in BBC Sport[2]:
- City will now make the Premier League an even bigger priority, while regrouping and planning again for what they hope will be another tilt at the Champions League next season.
- A tilt hammer.
- The inclination of part of the body, such as backbone, pelvis, head, etc.
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Etymology 2
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English telt, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English teld (“tent”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Low German telt,[1] perhaps via or influenced by (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Danish telt.[2] Cognates include German Zelt (“tent”), Old Norse tjald (“tent”) (whence also archaic Danish tjæld (“tent”)). More at teld.
Noun
tilt (plural tilts)
- A canvas covering for carts, boats, etc. [1450]
- Any covering overhead; especially, a tent.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Denham to this entry?)
Verb
tilt (third-person singular simple present tilts, present participle tilting, simple past and past participle tilted)
- (transitive) To cover with a tilt, or awning.
Derived terms
References
- ^ Etymology in ODS
- ^ “tilt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
tilt
- (deprecated template usage) second- and third-person singular present indicative of tillen
- (deprecated template usage) (archaic) plural imperative of tillen
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Verb
tilt
- (transitive) to forbid, prohibit
Conjugation
Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | tiltok | tiltasz | tilt | tiltunk | tiltotok | tiltanak | |
Def. | tiltom | tiltod | tiltja | tiltjuk | tiltjátok | tiltják | |||
2nd-p. o. | tiltalak | ― | |||||||
Past | Indef. | tiltottam | tiltottál | tiltott | tiltottunk | tiltottatok | tiltottak | ||
Def. | tiltottam | tiltottad | tiltotta | tiltottuk | tiltottátok | tiltották | |||
2nd-p. o. | tiltottalak | ― | |||||||
Future | Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. tiltani fog. | ||||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | tilték | tiltál | tilta | tiltánk | tiltátok | tiltának | ||
Def. | tiltám | tiltád | tiltá | tiltánk | tiltátok | tilták | |||
2nd-p. o. | tiltálak | ― | |||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. tilt vala, tiltott vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | tiltandok | tiltandasz | tiltand | tiltandunk | tiltandotok | tiltandanak | ||
Def. | tiltandom | tiltandod | tiltandja | tiltandjuk | tiltandjátok | tiltandják | |||
2nd-p. o. | tiltandalak | ― | |||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | tiltanék | tiltanál | tiltana | tiltanánk | tiltanátok | tiltanának | |
Def. | tiltanám | tiltanád | tiltaná | tiltanánk (or tiltanók) |
tiltanátok | tiltanák | |||
2nd-p. o. | tiltanálak | ― | |||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. tiltott volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | tiltsak | tilts or tiltsál |
tiltson | tiltsunk | tiltsatok | tiltsanak | |
Def. | tiltsam | tiltsd or tiltsad |
tiltsa | tiltsuk | tiltsátok | tiltsák | |||
2nd-p. o. | tiltsalak | ― | |||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. tiltott légyen | ||||||||
Infinitive | tiltani | tiltanom | tiltanod | tiltania | tiltanunk | tiltanotok | tiltaniuk | ||
Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
tiltás | tiltó | tiltott | tiltandó | tiltva (tiltván) | |||||
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs). | |||||||||
Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | tilthatok | tilthatsz | tilthat | tilthatunk | tilthattok | tilthatnak | |
Def. | tilthatom | tilthatod | tilthatja | tilthatjuk | tilthatjátok | tilthatják | |||
2nd-p. o. | tilthatlak | ― | |||||||
Past | Indef. | tilthattam | tilthattál | tilthatott | tilthattunk | tilthattatok | tilthattak | ||
Def. | tilthattam | tilthattad | tilthatta | tilthattuk | tilthattátok | tilthatták | |||
2nd-p. o. | tilthattalak | ― | |||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | tilthaték | tilthatál | tilthata | tilthatánk | tilthatátok | tilthatának | ||
Def. | tilthatám | tilthatád | tilthatá | tilthatánk | tilthatátok | tilthaták | |||
2nd-p. o. | tilthatálak | ― | |||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. tilthat vala, tilthatott vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | tilthatandok or tiltandhatok |
tilthatandasz or tiltandhatsz |
tilthatand or tiltandhat |
tilthatandunk or tiltandhatunk |
tilthatandotok or tiltandhattok |
tilthatandanak or tiltandhatnak | ||
Def. | tilthatandom or tiltandhatom |
tilthatandod or tiltandhatod |
tilthatandja or tiltandhatja |
tilthatandjuk or tiltandhatjuk |
tilthatandjátok or tiltandhatjátok |
tilthatandják or tiltandhatják | |||
2nd-p. o. | tilthatandalak or tiltandhatlak |
― | |||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | tilthatnék | tilthatnál | tilthatna | tilthatnánk | tilthatnátok | tilthatnának | |
Def. | tilthatnám | tilthatnád | tilthatná | tilthatnánk (or tilthatnók) |
tilthatnátok | tilthatnák | |||
2nd-p. o. | tilthatnálak | ― | |||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. tilthatott volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | tilthassak | tilthass or tilthassál |
tilthasson | tilthassunk | tilthassatok | tilthassanak | |
Def. | tilthassam | tilthasd or tilthassad |
tilthassa | tilthassuk | tilthassátok | tilthassák | |||
2nd-p. o. | tilthassalak | ― | |||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. tilthatott légyen | ||||||||
Inf. | (tilthatni) | (tilthatnom) | (tilthatnod) | (tilthatnia) | (tilthatnunk) | (tilthatnotok) | (tilthatniuk) | ||
Positive adjective | tiltható | Neg. adj. | tilthatatlan | Adv. part. | (tilthatva / tilthatván) | ||||
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