incline

Meaning

1. To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.
2. To slope.
3. To tend to do or believe something, or move or be moved in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc.

lean

slope

be given

be prejudiced

be inclined

be biased

lean over

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

cliff railway

cant over

concentrate on

conduce

inclined railway

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪnˈklaɪn/

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).

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