incline

noun

A slope.

A portal of a subway tunnel.

verb

(chiefly intransitive, chiefly passive voice) To tend to do or believe something, or move or be moved in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc.

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

(intransitive) To slope.

Roots

clinoclin- · Latin · lean, bend

Synonyms for incline

slopen rampn declivityn leanadj acclivityn inclinationn slantn tiltn hillsiden tendv gradientn ascentn

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