inclineverb
uk/ɪnˈklaɪn/us/ɪnˈklaɪn/formalincline verb (FEEL)
[ I or T, usually + adv/prep ] to (make someone) feel something or want to do something:
The prime minister is believed to be inclining towards an April election.
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Wanting things
- ache for sth
- acquisitive
- ambitious
- angle
- angle for sth
- aspirant
- burn
- fancy
- finger
- hang the cost/expense idiom
- hanker after/for sth
- have your eye on sth idiom
- hunger
- hunger after/for sth
- set your sights on sth idiom
- shook
- sight
- sth is calling you idiom
- straw
- tempt
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incline verb (MOVE)
[ T ] to (cause to) slope at a particular angle:
The ground inclined steeply towards the ridge in the distance.
incline your head
to bend your head slightly forward and down:
He inclined his head and said nothing.
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Slanting, sloping, leaning, tilting
- angle
- askew
- bank
- cocked
- cockeyed
- fall away
- obliquely
- pitch
- pitched
- raked
- roll
- shelve
- skew
- slanted
- slope
- steep
- steepen
- tilt
- tip (sth/sb) over
- yaw
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Phrasal verb(s)
incline to/towards sth
inclinenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈɪn.klaɪn/us/ˈɪn.klaɪn/formala slope:
a steep/gentle incline
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Slanting, sloping, leaning, tilting
- angle
- askew
- bank
- cocked
- cockeyed
- fall away
- obliquely
- pitch
- pitched
- raked
- roll
- shelve
- skew
- slanted
- slope
- steep
- steepen
- tilt
- tip (sth/sb) over
- yaw
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