Sekirov Dictionary

incline

/ɪnˈklaɪn/

verb 3
noun 2
forms 6

verb3

•
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.
•
To tend to do or believe something, or move or be moved in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc.
- 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.
•
To slope.
- Over the centuries the wind made the walls of the farmhouse incline.

noun2

•
A slope.
- To reach the building, we had to climb a steep incline.
A portal of a subway tunnel.

forms

inclin'd · inclined · inclining · inclines · inclineth · inclinest

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