incline

(noun, verb)

noun

1. an elevated geological formation

Similar word(s): side, slope

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

Similar word(s): pitch, slope

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.