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# tilted

adjective (tilted); verb (past tense and past participle of tilt)

«tilted» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Leaning or sloping, with one side higher than the other. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tilted/#m1)
2. The past form of "tilt": "She tilted the box." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tilted/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science, the Earth's axis is tilted about 23 and a half degrees, which is why we have seasons. In art and photos, a tilted picture is not straight. In stories, a tilted hat or head can show a character's mood. Phrases: tilted head, tilted axis, tilted to one side.

### Examples

- The picture on the wall is tilted. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tilted/#x1)
- He tilted the bottle and poured the juice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tilted/#x2)
- The Earth spins on a tilted axis. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tilted/#x3)
- The dog looked at me with its head tilted. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tilted/#x4)
- The old fence was tilted after the storm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tilted/#x5)
- She tilted the umbrella against the wind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tilted/#x6)
- From shoulder to shoulder he tilted his head. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tilted/#x7)

### Note

"Tilted" is the past form of "tilt" and also an adjective. Spelling: one l, double t is not needed — t-i-l-t-e-d. The Earth's tilt, not its distance from the Sun, causes the seasons.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tilted» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tilted/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tilted» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tilted.html) on Mova free.