Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to tilt
Participle: tilted
Gerund: tilting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | tilt |
| you | tilt |
| he;she;it | tilts |
| we | tilt |
| you | tilt |
| they | tilt |
Perfect
| I | have tilted |
| you | have tilted |
| he;she;it | has tilted |
| we | have tilted |
| you | have tilted |
| they | have tilted |
Past
| I | tilted |
| you | tilted |
| he;she;it | tilted |
| we | tilted |
| you | tilted |
| they | tilted |
Pluperfect
| I | had tilted |
| you | had tilted |
| he;she;it | had tilted |
| we | had tilted |
| you | had tilted |
| they | had tilted |
Future
| I | will tilt |
| you | will tilt |
| he;she;it | will tilt |
| we | will tilt |
| you | will tilt |
| they | will tilt |
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 |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | tilt |
| you | tilt |
| he;she;it | tilt |
| we | tilt |
| you | tilt |
| they | tilt |
Perfect
| I | have tilted |
| you | have tilted |
| he;she;it | have tilted |
| we | have tilted |
| you | have tilted |
| they | have tilted |
Imperfect
| I | tilted |
| you | tilted |
| he;she;it | tilted |
| we | tilted |
| you | tilted |
| they | tilted |
Pluperfect
| I | had tilted |
| you | had tilted |
| he;she;it | had tilted |
| we | had tilted |
| you | had tilted |
| they | had tilted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would tilt |
| you | would tilt |
| he;she;it | would tilt |
| we | would tilt |
| you | would tilt |
| they | would tilt |
Perfect
| I | would have tilted |
| you | would have tilted |
| he;she;it | would have tilted |
| we | would have tilted |
| you | would have tilted |
| they | would have tilted |
Imperative
| you | tilt |
| we | Let's tilt |
| you | tilt |
Verbs conjugated like 'tilt'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'tilt'
hilt,
jilt,
kilt,
lilt,
milt,
silt,
stilt,
tile,
till,
tint,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
*tyltan "to be unsteady," from
tealt "unsteady," from P.Gmc.
*taltaz (cf. O.N.
tyllast "to trip," Swed.
tulta "to waddle," Norw.
tylta "to walk on tip-toe," M.Du.
touteren "to swing"). Meaning "to cause to lean, tip, slope" (1594) is from sense of "push or fall over." Intrans. sense first recorded 1626. Meaning "condition of being tilted" is recorded from 1837.
2. From Middle English tilte, from Old English *tyltan, *tieltan (“to be unsteady”), related to the adjective tealt (“unsteady”), from Proto-West Germanic *talt, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *del-, *dul- (“to shake, hesitate”), see also Dutch touteren (“to tremble”), North Frisian talt, tolt (“unstable, shaky”). Cognate with Icelandic tölt (“an ambling pace”).
3. 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.
4. The sense of gaming frustration is said to originate with pinball. See: Dutch '
touteren'.
Verbs referencing "tilt"
Finnish with old forms
tiltata, Spanish
tiltear.
Sample Sentences
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[...] discover that this appearance is caused by the quantity of tobacco they contrive to stow within the hollow of the cheek. It is strange enough too, to see an honourable gentleman leaning back in his tilted chair with his legs on the desk before him, shaping a convenient ‘plug ’ with his penknife, and when it is quite ready for use, shooting the old one from his mouth, as from a pop-gun, and clapping [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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The first half-mile of the road is over bridges made of loose planks laid across two parallel poles, which tilt up as the wheels roll over them; and IN the river. The river has a clayey bottom and is full of holes, so that half a horse is constantly disappearing unexpectedly, and ca n't be found again for [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] on the splashboard with both feet (keeping his seat, of course ) like the late lamented Ducrow on two of his fiery coursers. We come to the spot, sink down in the mire nearly to the coach windows, tilt on one side at an angle of forty-five degrees, and stick there. The insides scream dismally; the coach stops; the horses flounder; all the other six coaches stop; and their four-and-twenty horses [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)