incline Definition

incline
verb inclined, inclining

tr & intr
1. To lean or make someone lean towards (a particular opinion or conduct); to be, or make someone, disposed towards it.

Example: I incline to agree
Example: He inclined towards the radical approach
Form: incline to something (especially)
Form: incline towards something
tr & intr
2. To slope or make something slope from a horizontal or vertical line or direction; to slant.
3. To bow or bend (the head, one's body, etc) forwards or downwards.

noun

1. A slope; an inclined plane. Also called inclination.

Thesaurus: bank, hill, slope, rise, ramp, gradient, acclivity, ascent, declivity, descent, dip.

Derivative: inclined

Sloping or bent.

Having a tendency; disposed.
Thesaurus: disposed, willing, prone, apt, likely, liable, leaning.

Etymology: 14c: from Latin inclinare to bend towards.