incline

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

lean

slope

slant

tilt

bend

tend

stoop

bow

🙇

list

gradient

tip

pitch

careen

dispose

decline

recline

ascent

twist

be given

trend

verge

fall

inclination

cant

run

lead

veer

conjugate

bank

🏦

angle

side

sink

sway

prompt

persuade

ramp

lean over

induce

inflect

impel

incite

dip

empty

bend down

gravitate

be inclined

grade

heel

inclined plane

be prejudiced

Translations

neigen

incliner

pendio

inclinar

pencher

inclinare

inclinar

cuesta

pente

Steigung

neigen

Abhang

pendenza

sich neigen

inclinazione

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪnˈklaɪn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: 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).