Incline

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  • intransitive verb. To cause (someone) to have a certain tendency: dispose.
  • intransitive verb. To dispose (someone) to have a certain preference or opinion or to take a course of action.
  • intransitive verb. To cause to lean, slant, or slope: synonym: slant.
  • intransitive verb. To bend or lower in a nod or bow.
  • intransitive verb. To be disposed to a certain preference, opinion, or course of action.
  • intransitive verb. To deviate from the horizontal or vertical; slant.
  • intransitive verb. To lower or bend the head or body, as in a nod or bow.
  • noun. An inclined surface; a slope or gradient.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To bend down; lean; turn obliquely from or toward a given direction or position; deviate from a line or course; tend: as, the column inclines from the perpendicular.
  • To bow; bend the head or the body, especially as a mark of courtesy or respect.
  • To have a mental bent or tendency; be disposed; tend, as toward an opinion, a course of action, etc.
  • To tend, in a physical sense; approximate.
  • In marching, to gain ground to the flank, as well as to the front.
  • To bend down; cause to lean; give a leaning to; cause to deviate from or toward a given line, position, or direction; direct.
  • To bend (the body), as in an act of reverence or civility; cause to stoop or bow.
  • To give a tendency or propension to; turn; dispose.
  • noun. An inclination; a bow.
  • noun. An inclined plane; an ascent or a descent, as in a road or a railway;a slope.
  • noun. A shaft or mine-opening having considerable inclination.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To deviate from a line, direction, or course, toward an object; to lean; to tend
  • intransitive verb. Fig.: To lean or tend, in an intellectual or moral sense; to favor an opinion, a course of conduct, or a person; to have a propensity or inclination; to be disposed.
  • intransitive verb. To bow; to incline the head.
  • transitive verb. To cause to deviate from a line, position, or direction; to give a leaning, bend, or slope to
  • transitive verb. To impart a tendency or propensity to, as to the will or affections; to turn; to dispose; to influence.
  • transitive verb. To bend; to cause to stoop or bow.
  • noun. An inclined plane; an ascent or descent; a grade or gradient; a slope.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.
  • verb. To slope.
  • verb. To tend to do or believe something, or move or be moved in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc.
  • noun. A slope.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief
  • verb. be at an angle
  • verb. bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well
  • noun. an elevated geological formation
  • verb. have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
  • verb. lower or bend (the head or upper body), as in a nod or bow
  • verb. feel favorably disposed or willing
  • noun. an inclined surface connecting two levels