incline
Pronunciation:
noun
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A slope.
Example: To reach the building, we had to climb a steep incline.
verb
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To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.
Example: He had to incline his body against the gusts to avoid being blown down in the storm.
To slope.
Example: Over the centuries the wind made the walls of the farmhouse incline.
(chiefly in the passive) To tend to do or believe something, or move or be moved in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc.
Example: He inclines to believe anything he reads in the newspapers.