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incline

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verb/ɪnˈklaɪn//ˈɪn.klaɪn/
  1. 1

    To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.transitive

    • He had to incline his body against the gusts to avoid being blown down in the storm.
    • The people following the coffin inclined their heads in grief.
  2. 2

    To slope.intransitive

    • Over the centuries the wind made the walls of the farmhouse incline.
  3. 3

    To tend to do or believe something, or move or be moved in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc.intransitive

    • He inclines to believe anything he reads in the newspapers.
    • I'm inclined to give up smoking after hearing of the risks to my health.
noun/ɪnˈklaɪn//ˈɪn.klaɪn/
  1. 1

    A slope.

    • To reach the building, we had to climb a steep incline.
  2. 2

    A portal of a subway tunnel.

    • the Pleasant Street Incline

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