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# tilt

«tilt» in Mova's school dictionary: **higher than the other; to lean or slope** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (tilt, tilts, tilted, tilting); noun (a tilt, tilts)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To move something so that one side is higher than the other; to lean or slope. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tilt/#m1)

2) As a noun, a sloping position or a lean: "The picture is on a tilt." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tilt/#m2)

3) To be at full tilt means to go at top speed, as fast as possible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tilt/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science, the Earth is tilted on its axis, and this tilt causes the seasons. In everyday life you tilt your head to listen, tilt a glass to pour, or tilt a mirror. In safety, a tilting ladder or chair can fall over. Phrases: tilt your head, tilt back, tilt forward, at a tilt, the Earth's tilt, full tilt.

### examples

- Tilt the jug slowly so the water pours out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tilt/#x1)
- The puppy tilted its head when it heard the whistle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tilt/#x2)
- The Earth's tilt gives us summer and winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tilt/#x3)
- Do not tilt your chair back; you could fall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tilt/#x4)
- The table tilted and the cups slid off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tilt/#x5)
- The ship tilted in the strong wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tilt/#x6)
- She ran at full tilt to catch the bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tilt/#x7)
- And when a moment later Schurka joined her, they set off at full tilt to the stone tower where Martin was a prisoner, taking the rolls with them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tilt/#x8)

### note

Regular verb: tilted, tilting. "At full tilt" means as fast as possible. Myth: the seasons are caused by the Earth's tilt, not by the Earth getting closer to or further from the Sun. Safety: leaning back on two chair legs is dangerous.

### In the corpora

- [The inner ear has a balance organ that senses how your head moves and tilts.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/2-balance-and-falling-well/10/)
- [Water stuck in the ear is drained by tilting the head to that side, because water left there can cause swimmer's ear.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/77-hair-nails-and-ears/18/)
- [Do not tilt your head back in a nosebleed, because blood runs down your throat and can make you sick.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/84-bruises-bumps-nosebleeds-and-burns/9/)
- [Being «tilted» means you are so annoyed you start playing worse and worse.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/407-rage-quitting-and-ranked/11/)
- [When Ollie got tilted, his team laughed, which made him angrier.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/407-rage-quitting-and-ranked/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tilt» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tilt/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.