Incline

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English

Verb

Incline (third-person singular simple present Inclines, present participle inclining, simple past and past participle inclined)

  1. (transitive) To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.
    He had to incline his body against the gusts to avoid being blown down in the storm.
    The people following the coffin inclined their heads in grief.
  2. (intransitive) To slope.
    Over the centuries the wind made the walls of the farmhouse incline.
  3. (intransitive) To tend to do or believe something, or move in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc.
    • ?, J. M. G. van der Poel, "Agriculture in Pre- and Protohistoric Times", in the Acta Historiae Neerlandica published by the Netherlands Committee of Historical Sciences, page 170:
      The terp farmer made use of the plough, as is shown by the discovery of three ploughshares and four coulters. [...] Those who inclined to the stock-breeding theory based their arguments on the absence of ploughs, [...]
    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.
    • Usage note: In this sense incline is usually used in the passive voice.

Noun

Incline (plural Inclines)
  1. A slope.
    To reach the building, we had to climb a steep incline.

Adjectives for Incline

wicked; slow; stony; flinty.

Adverbs for Incline

significantly; beneficently; unconsciously; tolerantly; favorably; seriously; piously; respectfully; benevolently; philosophically; naturally; diversely; subconsciously; affectionately; viciously; peaceably; wickedly.

Thesaurus

acclivity, acquiesce, address, affect, agree, aim, angle, ascend, ascent, back stairs, bank, be agreeable to, be disposed to, be dying to, be eager, be game, be open to, be predisposed, be ready, be spoiling for, be willing, bear, bend, bend to, bevel, bezel, bias, bow, bring, cant, careen, carry, cast, choose rather, chute, climb, collaborate, color, companion, companionway, conduce, consent, contribute, cooperate, decide, decline, declivity, deflect, descend, descent, determine, dip, dispose, drive, drop, easy slope, engage, enlist, escalier, fall, fall away, fall off, favor, feel about it, fire escape, fleam, flight of steps, gentle slope, get to do, glacis, go, go along with, go downhill, go uphill, grade, gradient, gravitate, hanging gardens, have a bias, have a tendency, have preference, have rather, head, heel, helicline, hill, hillside, hold a heading, honor before, impel, inclination, incline toward, inclined plane, induce, influence, interest in, keel, landing, landing stage, launching ramp, lay, lead, lean, lean toward, lean towards, leaning, level, like better, list, look at it, look kindly upon, look to, lure, make, move, not hesitate to, perron, persuade, pitch, please, plunge, plunge into, point, point to, precipitate, predispose, prefer, prefer to, prejudice, procure, prompt, rake, ramp, rather, recline, redound to, retreat, rise, scarp, see fit, serve, set, set before, set toward, settle, shelve, shelving beach, show a tendency, show preference, side, sidle, sink, slant, slope, soften up, spiral staircase, staircase, stairs, stairway, steep slope, steer, stepping-stones, steps, stiff climb, stile, subside, swag, sway, talus, tempt, tend, tend to go, tend toward, think best, think fit, think proper, tilt, tin, tinge, tip, tone, train, treads and risers, trend, turn, uprise, verge, view, warp, wear down, weigh with, work, work toward, would as leave, would as lief

Etymology

From Old French encliner (modern incliner), from Latin inclīnō (“incline, tilt”).

Pronunciation

Translations

Verb

bend (something) out of a given plane or direction
slope
to tend to do or believe something

Noun

slope

External links

French

Verb

Incline

  1. first-person singular present indicative of incliner
  2. third-person singular present indicative of incliner
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of incliner
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of incliner
  5. second-person singular imperative of incliner

Galician

Verb

Incline

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of inclinar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of inclinar

Italian

Adjective

incline m. and f. (m and f plural inclini)

  1. inclined, prone

Synonyms

Spanish

Verb

Incline (infinitive inclinar)

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of inclinar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of inclinar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of inclinar.
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