inclining

Verb

incline (third-person singular simple present inclines, present participle inclining, simple past and past participle inclined)

1. (transitive) To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.
   • He had to incline his body against the gusts to avoid being blown down in the storm.
2. (intransitive) To slope.
   • Over the centuries the wind made the walls of the farmhouse incline.
3. (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.
   • He inclines to believe anything he reads in the newspapers.

   Synonyms:

   dispose

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