incline
Other forms: inclined; inclining; inclines
Something that slopes — that is, something that deviates from the straight horizontal or vertical — can be called an incline. If you like to walk up and down hills, you enjoy walking on inclines.
The Latin root of the word incline is inclinare, meaning "to lean." As a verb, the word incline can mean to bend, so you incline your head. It can also mean to be favorably disposed toward something and you can think of it as having a bent for or leaning toward something. If the weather is nasty, you may be inclined to stay home to watch a movie with a bowl of popcorn at your side.
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lower or bend (the head or upper body), as in a nod or bow
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bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well
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be at an angle
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have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
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feel favorably disposed or willing
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make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief
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an inclined surface connecting two levelssynonyms: ramptypes:ski jumpa steep downward ramp from which skiers jumptype of:inclined planea simple machine for elevating objects; consists of plane surface that makes an acute angle with the horizontal
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an elevated geological formationtypes:banksloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)bank, camber, canta slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal forcecanyonsidethe steeply sloping side of a canyoncoasta slope down which sleds may coastescarpment, scarpa long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosionhillsidethe side or slope of a hillpiedmonta gentle slope leading from the base of a mountain to a region of flat landski slopea snow-covered slope for skiingbraea slope or hillsidedownhillthe downward slope of a hillsteepa steep place (as on a hill)uphillthe upward slope of a hillwatersideland bordering a body of watertype of:
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