Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
from 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often thehorizontal orvertical . - verb intransitive To
slope . - verb To
tend to do or believe something, or move or be moved in a certain direction, away from apoint of view ,attitude , etc. - noun A
slope .
from 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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The adminstration says the "incline is not as steep", that's because employment and the economy are on the DECLINE.
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The steep incline from the main part of campus toward the impressive new athletic complex and the sea reminds me of Southern California.
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In any other country in the world such perilous diversions would be illegal, and punishable by "fine or imprisonment," and the police would interfere to prevent them; but here nobody thinks of preventing anybody from doing anything, and in Boston a street, in one of the most populous parts of the city, being a steep incline, is entirely given up to the boys and their sledding.
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Working on an incline is the key to these simple exercises.
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It was not at a great elevation, but the incline was a gradual one, and it was hoped that from the elevated portion a better glimpse could be obtained than the tree afforded.
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The incline was a glare of ice, and Jack's first attempt sent him sliding back with considerable force to the cavern floor.
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At the top of the grade, he noticed, was a donkey engine which operated the cable that drew the car up from the dock, and at the top of the incline was a huge pile of material.
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The form descending the incline was a woman's, yet so entirely was his mind blinded to the idea of his wife's following him that even when she came nearer he did not recognize her under the totally changed attire in which he now beheld her.
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The incline was the same down which d'Urberville had driven with her so wildly on that day in June.
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