tilted

tilted is the simple past and past participle of tilt.

Adjective

tilted (not comparable)

Of a vehicle, fitted with a tilt (canvas covering).
- Through the thicker mist that afternoon a white tilted cart sailed joltingly, taking its bearings from the various landmarks rather than from the undefined track.1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 45
(slang) In a state of frustration and worsened performance resulting from a series of losses.

tilt (third-person singular simple present tilts, present participle tilting, simple past and past participle tilted)

(transitive) To slope or incline (something); to slant.
- Tilt the barrel to pour out its contents.
(intransitive) To be at an angle.
- For as the Trunk of the Body, is kept from tilting forvvard by the Muſcules of the Back: So, from falling backvvard, by theſe of the Belly.1701, Nehemiah Grew, “Of the Use of Organized Bodies”, in Cosmologia Sacra: Or A Discourse of the Universe as It is the Creature and Kingdom of God. […], London: […] W[illiam] Rogers, S[amuel] Smith...
(intransitive, jousting) To charge (at someone) with a lance.
- Auster and Aquilon with winged Steeds / All ſweating, tilt about the watery heauens, / With ſhiuering ſpeares enforcing thunderclaps, / And from their ſhields ſtrike flames of lighteningc. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
(transitive) To point or thrust a weapon at.
- And he should tilt her?c. 1609–1622?, John Fletcher, “The Womans Prize: Or, The Tamer Tamed”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please...
(transitive) To point or thrust (a weapon).
- Sons against fathers tilt the fatal lance.1708, John Philips, Cyder
To forge (something) with a tilt hammer.
- to tilt steel in order to render it more ductile

What does tilted mean?: Tilted means of a vehicle, fitted with a tilt (canvas covering).
What is tilted the simple past and past participle of?: Tilted is the simple past and past participle of tilt.
What part of speech is tilted?: Tilted is an adjective.

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