Dictionary Entry
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
- 1intransitive 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.
- 2intransitive 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.
- 3intransitive verb
To bow; to incline the head.
- 4transitive 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.
- 5transitive verb
To impart a tendency or propensity to, as to the will or affections; to turn; to dispose; to influence.
- 6transitive verb
To bend; to cause to stoop or bow; as, to incline the head or the body in acts of reverence or civility.
- 7noun
An inclined plane; an ascent o/ descent; a grade or gradient; a slope.
- 8noun
an inclined surface connecting two levels
Synonyms
- 9noun
an elevated geological formation
"he climbed the steep slope"
"the house was built on the side of a mountain"
- 10verb
make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief
"Their language inclines us to believe them"
Synonyms
- 11verb
feel favorably disposed or willing
"She inclines to the view that people should be allowed to expres their religious beliefs"
- 12verb
be at an angle
"The terrain sloped down"
- 13verb
lower or bend (the head or upper body), as in a nod or bow
"She inclined her head to the student"
- 14verb
bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well
"He inclined his ear to the wise old man"
- 15verb
have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
"She tends to be nervous before her lectures"
"These dresses run small"
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