incline
noun
1. an elevated geological formation
Definition categories: object, formation
2. an inclined surface connecting two levels
Similar word(s): ramp
Definition categories: man–made
verb
1. have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
- He inclined to corpulence
Similar word(s): lean, run, tend
Definition categories: stative, be
2. bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well
- He inclined his ear to the wise old man
Definition categories: perception, hear, listen
3. lower or bend (the head or upper body), as in a nod or bow
- She inclined her head to the student
Definition categories: motion, lower
4. be at an angle
Definition categories: motion, angle, lean, slant, tilt, tip
5. feel favorably disposed or willing
- She inclines to the view that people should be allowed to expres their religious beliefs
Definition categories: emotion, experience, feel
6. make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief
- Their language inclines us to believe them
Similar word(s): dispose
Definition categories: cognition, determine, influence, mold, regulate, shape
Sentences with incline as a verb:
- 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.
- Over the centuries the wind made the walls of the farmhouse incline.
- 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.