incline

Meaning of incline

noun
  1. A slope.
    To reach the building, we had to climb a steep incline.
verb
  1. To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.
    He had to incline his body against the gusts to avoid being blown down in the storm.
  2. To slope.
    Over the centuries the wind made the walls of the farmhouse incline.
  3. (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.
    He inclines to believe anything he reads in the newspapers.

Information about incline

Hyphenation of incline

in-cline

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • incline is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

incline synonyms

Meaning slope:

slope, side, pitch

Meaning ramp:

ramp

Meaning tend:

tend, lean, run

Meaning dispose:

dispose

Translation of incline

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