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Noun incline has 2 senses
- slope, incline, side - an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of the mountain"
--1 is a kind of geological formation, formation
--1 is a part of natural elevation, elevation
--1 has particulars: | | ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade; bank; bank, cant, camber; canyonside; coast; descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope; escarpment, scarp; hillside; mountainside, versant; ski slope |
- ramp, incline - an inclined surface or roadway that moves traffic from one level to another
--2 is a kind of inclined plane
--2 has particulars: ski jump
Verb incline has 5 senses
- tend, be given, lean, incline, run - have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence"
--1 is one way to be
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
- incline - bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well; "He inclined his ear to the wise old man"
--2 is one way to listen, hear, take heed
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- incline - lower or bend (the head or upper body), as in a nod or bow; "She inclined her head to the student"
--3 is one way to lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
- slope, incline, pitch - be at an angle; "The terrain sloped down"
--4 is one way to lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
- dispose, incline - make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief; "Their language inclines us to believe them"
--5 is one way to determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
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