incline
To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.
Example
“He had to incline his body against the gusts to avoid being blown down in the storm.”
Other meanings
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.”
Related words
- incliningly
- uninclining
- disincline
- inclinable
- inclinator
- misincline
- preincline
Word history
From Latin "inclīnō" (incline, tilt).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “incline” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.