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incline

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈklaɪn/

The English word “incline” has 5 meanings listed here.

verb

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

noun

  1. A slope.
  2. A portal of a subway tunnel.

Etymology

From Middle English enclinen, from Old French encliner (modern incliner), from Latin inclīnō (“incline, tilt”), from in- + clīnō (compare -cline), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (English lean).

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