incline

incline is a 7-letter English word with 15 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To deviate from a line, direction, or course, toward an object; to lean; to tend; as, converging lines incline toward each other; a road inclines to the north or south. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 13 · 15 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To deviate from a line, direction, or course, toward an object; to lean; to tend; as, converging lines incline toward each other; a road inclines to the north or south.
2. intransitive verb. Fig.: To lean or tend, in an intellectual or moral sense; to favor an opinion, a course of conduct, or a person; to have a propensity or inclination; to be disposed.
3. intransitive verb. To bow; to incline the head.
4. transitive verb. To cause to deviate from a line, position, or direction; to give a leaning, bend, or slope to; as, incline the column or post to the east; incline your head to the right.
5. transitive verb. To impart a tendency or propensity to, as to the will or affections; to turn; to dispose; to influence.
6. transitive verb. To bend; to cause to stoop or bow; as, to incline the head or the body in acts of reverence or civility.
7. noun. An inclined plane; an ascent o/ descent; a grade or gradient; a slope.
8. noun. an inclined surface connecting two levels

   Synonyms: ramp

9. noun. an elevated geological formation

   "he climbed the steep slope"

   "the house was built on the side of a mountain"

   Synonyms: side, slope

10. verb. make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief

    "Their language inclines us to believe them"

    Synonyms: dispose

11. verb. feel favorably disposed or willing

    "She inclines to the view that people should be allowed to expres their religious beliefs"

12. verb. be at an angle

    "The terrain sloped down"

    Synonyms: pitch, slope

13. verb. lower or bend (the head or upper body), as in a nod or bow

    "She inclined her head to the student"

14. verb. bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well

    "He inclined his ear to the wise old man"

15. verb. have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined

    "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"

    "These dresses run small"

    Synonyms: lean, run, tend

Synonyms

ramp, side, slope, dispose, pitch, lean, run, tend

Common word forms

inclined, incliner, inclines, inclining

Words from these letters

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