Definition of: incline

(in·klīn′) v. ·clined, ·clin·ing v.i.
1. To deviate from the horizontal or vertical; slant; slope.
2. To have a tendency or disposition of the mind; be disposed or biased.
3. To tend in some quality or degree: purple inclining toward blue.
4. To bow or bend the head or body, as in courtesy.
—v.t.
5. To cause to bend, lean, or slope.
6. To give a tendency or leaning to; influence.
7. To bow, as the head. See synonyms under ACTUATE, DRAW, INFLUENCE, LEAN¹, PERSUADE, TIP.
—to incline one's ear To hear with favor; heed.
—noun (in′klīn, in·klīn′) That which inclines from the horizontal; a gradient; slope. [<OF encliner <L inclinare <in- on + clinare lean]
—in·clin′a·ble adjective
—in·clin′er noun