incline

Plural: inclines

Noun

• an elevated geological formation
• an inclined surface connecting two levels
• A slope.
• A portal of a subway tunnel.

Verb

Verb Forms: inclined, inclining, inclines

• To lean or slant; to be disposed to.
• have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
  • "He inclined to corpulence"
• bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well
  • "He inclined his ear to the wise old man"
• lower or bend (the head or upper body), as in a nod or bow
  • "She inclined her head to the student"
• be at an angle
• feel favorably disposed or willing
  • "She inclines to the view that people should be allowed to expres their religious beliefs"
• make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief
  • "Their language inclines us to believe them"
• To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.
• To slope.
• To tend to do or believe something, or move or be moved in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc.

Examples

• He didn’t incline to take risks, preferring safe, moderate-scoring words.
• He had to incline his body against the gusts to avoid being blown down in the storm.
• He inclines to believe anything he reads in the newspapers.
• I'm inclined to give up smoking after hearing of the risks to my health.
• Over the centuries the wind made the walls of the farmhouse incline.
• The people following the coffin inclined their heads in grief.
• the Pleasant Street Incline
• To reach the building, we had to climb a steep incline.

Synonyms

be given, dispose, lean, pitch, ramp, run, side, slope, tend

Antonyms

indispose

Related Words

climate, cline, decline, inclination, recline