Meaning of inclined in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

verb

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

  Example: He had to incline his body against the gusts to avoid being blown down in the storm.

• To slope.

  Example: Over the centuries the wind made the walls of the farmhouse incline.

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

  Example: He inclines to believe anything he reads in the newspapers.

adjective

• At an angle to the horizontal; slanted or sloped.

  Example: The take-off ramp was inclined at 20 degrees.

• Having a tendency, preference, likelihood, or disposition.

  Example: I am inclined to believe you.