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Incline
//ɪnˈklaɪn// noun, verb
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A slope.
"To reach the building, we had to climb a steep incline."
- 2 an inclined surface connecting two levels wordnet
- 3 A portal of a subway tunnel.
"the Pleasant Street Incline"
- 4 an elevated geological formation wordnet
Verb
- 1 To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical. transitive
"He had to incline his body against the gusts to avoid being blown down in the storm."
- 2 make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief wordnet
- 3 To slope. intransitive
"Over the centuries the wind made the walls of the farmhouse incline."
- 4 feel favorably disposed or willing wordnet
- 5 To tend to do or believe something, or move or be moved in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc. intransitive
"He inclines to believe anything he reads in the newspapers."
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- 6 be at an angle wordnet
- 7 lower or bend (the head or upper body), as in a nod or bow wordnet
- 8 bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well wordnet
- 9 have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined wordnet
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English enclinen, from Old French encliner (modern incliner), from Latin inclīnō (“incline, tilt”), from in- + clīnō (compare -cline), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (English lean).
Etymology 2
From Middle English enclinen, from Old French encliner (modern incliner), from Latin inclīnō (“incline, tilt”), from in- + clīnō (compare -cline), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (English lean).
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