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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024in•cline /v. ɪnˈklaɪn; n. ˈɪnklaɪn, ɪnˈklaɪn/USA pronunciation v., -clined, -clin•ing, n. v. - to (cause to) slant, lean, or bend: [no object]His head inclined toward me.[~ + object]He inclined his head toward me.
- to have a preference:[no object]inclines toward mysticism.
- [~ + object + to + verb] to persuade;
dispose:Her attitude did not incline me to help her.See inclined.
n. [countable] - an inclined surface;
slant:The truck could hardly make it up the incline.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•cline (v. in klīn′;n. in′klīn, in klīn′),USA pronunciation v., -clined, -clin•ing, n. v.t. - to deviate from the vertical or horizontal;
slant. - to have a mental tendency, preference, etc.;
be disposed:We incline to rest and relaxation these days. - to tend, in a physical sense;
approximate:The flowers incline toward blue. - to tend in character or in course of action:a political philosophy that inclines toward the conservative.
- to lean;
bend.
v.t. - to dispose (a person) in mind, habit, etc. (usually fol. by to):His attitude did not incline me to help him.
- to bow, nod, or bend (the head, body, etc.):He inclined his head in greeting.
- to cause to lean or bend in a particular direction.
- Idioms incline one's ear, to listen, esp. willingly or favorably:to incline one's ear to another's plea.
n. - an inclined surface;
slope;
slant. - [Railroads.]
- Rail TransportAlso called inclined plane, in′cline plane′. a cable railroad, the gradient of which is approximately 45°.
- Rail Transportany railroad or portion of a railroad, the gradient of which is too steep for ordinary locomotive adhesion alone to be effective.
- Mining
- an angled shaft following a dipping vein.
- an inclined haulageway.
- Latin, as above
- Middle French
- Latin inclīnāre, equivalent. to in- in-2 + -clīnāre to bend (see lean1); replacing Middle English enclinen
- Middle English inclinen 1300–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged lean, slope, rise, fall, pitch.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged tend, lean.
- 3, 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged verge, veer.
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