v. 1 tend, lean, bend, bow, slant, tilt, angle, bank, slope, ascend, rise, descend The road inclines to the horizontal after a curve 2 dispose, influence, persuade, predispose, make, lead, prejudice, bias Their accents might incline you to think of them as foreigners 3 tend, lean, gravitate, show favour or preference, be attracted to, be biased or prejudiced, have a mind; be disposed or predisposed, lean, tend I incline towards the other candidate He inclines towards corpulence.
n. 4 slope, pitch, grade, gradient, slant, ramp, hill, dip, descent, declivity, rise, ascent, acclivity The car picked up speed going down one incline and slowed going up the next