incline

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. (transitive) To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.
2. (intransitive) To slope.
3. (intransitive) 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

1. A slope.
2. A portal of a subway tunnel.

Concepts

incliner

pencher

pente

inclinaison

rampe

tendre

degré

être en pente

gaspiller

gradient

ruiner

s’appliquer

talus

tordre

traiter de

vider

chanfreiner

gîter

se concentrer sur

se déformer

se tordre

s’incliner

être corrompu

être injuste

être partial

avoir tendance à

prendre partie pour

basculer

côte

côté

courir

déclivité

Synonymes

lean

slope

slant

tilt

bend

tend

stoop

gradient

bow

🙇

list

tip

pitch

careen

dispose

decline

recline

ascent

inclination

trend

twist

verge

lead

fall

be given

run

cant

angle

grade

be prejudiced

ramp

bend down

gravitate

bank

🏦

heel

sway

induce

be inclined

be biased

side

sink

lean over

veer

impel

incite

empty

inclined plane

inflect

conjugate

persuade

dip

prompt

prevail

purpose

rake

ram

🐏

render

rise

rotate

ruin

shelve

sloping

splay

squander

steepness

subvert

swerve

transit

turn

turn back

turn over

upgrade

wane

warp

wave

👋

be bent

be crooked

be disposed to

be liable

be strained

funicular railway

have a tendency

incline toward

influenced by

steep incline

upward slope

lean to one side

be partial to

trend toward

be prone to

heed over

be distorted

be perverted

be gross-grained

get bent

be one-sided

be partial

be biassed

design

be apt

have a mine

lie at an angle

lie on one side

show a preference

cause to lean

oblique plane

slant face

skew helicoid

skew surface

translate

cliff railway

aim

appreciate

bevel

brae

bring about

bring around

bring round

cant over

cause

chamfer

clean

cock

compile

concentrate on

conduce

convince

curl

curve

decide

declivity

deflect

diffract

disposed

downgrade

downhill

downslope

droop

drop

exhaust

extend

flex

flip

flip over

funicular

get

go down

hang up

hill

hillside

inclined railway

incurvate

interpret

invert

keel

lurch

marcel

motivate

nod

predispose

prefer

Traductions

neigen

inclinar

neigen

cuesta

Steigung

Abhang

buigen

Gefälle

kippen

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɪnˈklaɪn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: enclinen

In summary

From Middle English enclinen, from Old French encliner (modern incliner), from Latin inclīnō (“incline, tilt”), from in- + clīnō (compare -cline), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (English lean).