incline

«incline» in Mova's school dictionary: A slope: a hill or ramp that goes up or down — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (incline, inclines, inclined, inclining); noun (an incline, inclines)

meaning for a pupil

1) (noun) A slope: a hill or ramp that goes up or down. tree →

2) (verb) To lean, tilt or bend something, for example to incline your head to show you agree. tree →

3) (verb, formal) To tend to or want to: «I'm inclined to agree». tree →

4) (verb, formal) To make someone want to do something: the warm day inclined us to swim. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, an inclined plane (a ramp) is a simple machine that makes lifting easier — longer path, smaller force; pupils roll cars down inclines to test friction and speed. In maths, the incline of a line is its slope. In everyday speech, «I'm inclined to…» means «I'd rather…». Phrases: inclined plane, a steep incline, be inclined to, if you're so inclined.

examples

• We rolled toy cars down an incline to test which went furthest. tree →
• The road has a steep incline, so cyclists get off and push. tree →
• A ramp is an inclined plane that helps lift heavy things. tree →
• She inclined her head politely. tree →
• I'm inclined to believe him; he's usually honest. tree →
• The treadmill can be set to an incline to make walking harder. tree →
• If you're so inclined, you can do the bonus question. tree →
• Two circumstances which now occurred induced the Trojans to incline towards the latter opinion. tree →

note

Stress: noun IN-cline, verb in-CLINE. Noun «inclination» = a slope or a liking. In maths, a steeper incline means a bigger gradient: rise ÷ run.

In the corpora

• And the slope of the valleys that inclineth toward the seat of Ar, and leaneth upon the border of Moab. —
• yet they hearkened not unto Me, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff; they did worse than their fathers.
• But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to forbear offering unto other gods.
• I waited patiently for the LORD; and He inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
• I will incline mine ear to a parable; I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «incline» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.