incline
verb
• be favourably disposed towards or willing to do something.
• "he was inclined to accept the offer"
• have a tendency to do something.
• "she's inclined to gossip with complete strangers"
• lean or turn away from a given plane or direction, especially the vertical or horizontal.
• "the bunker doors incline outwards"
Similar:
lean,
tilt,
angle,
tip,
slope,
slant,
bend,
curve,
bank,
cant,
bevel,
list,
heel,
deviate,
incline
noun
• an inclined surface or plane; a slope, especially on a road or railway.
• "the road climbs a long incline through a forest"
Similar:
slope,
gradient,
pitch,
ramp,
bank,
ascent,
rise,
acclivity,
upslope,
dip,
descent,
declivity,
downslope,
hill,
grade,
downgrade,
upgrade,
Origin:
Middle English (originally in the sense ‘bend (the head or body) towards something’; formerly also as encline ): from Old French encliner, from Latin inclinare, from in- ‘towards’ + clinare ‘to bend’.
