Incline

//ɪnˈklaɪn// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A slope.

    "To reach the building, we had to climb a steep incline."

  2. 2
    an inclined surface connecting two levels wordnet
  3. 3
    A portal of a subway tunnel.

    "the Pleasant Street Incline"

  4. 4
    an elevated geological formation wordnet
Verb
  1. 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. 2
    make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief wordnet
  3. 3
    To slope. intransitive

    "Over the centuries the wind made the walls of the farmhouse incline."

  4. 4
    feel favorably disposed or willing wordnet
  5. 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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  1. 6
    be at an angle wordnet
  2. 7
    lower or bend (the head or upper body), as in a nod or bow wordnet
  3. 8
    bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well wordnet
  4. 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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