Definizione monolingua

incline

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.

   The people following the coffin inclined their heads in grief.

2. (intransitive) To slope.

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

3. (intransitive) To tend to do or believe something, or move in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc.
   • ?, J. M. G. van der Poel, ""Agriculture in Pre- and Protohistoric Times"", in the Acta Historiae Neerlandica published by the Netherlands Committee of Historical Sciences, page 170:

     The terp farmer made use of the plough, as is shown by the discovery of three ploughshares and four coulters. [...] Those who inclined to the stock-breeding theory based their arguments on the absence of ploughs, [...]

   He inclines to believe anything he reads in the newspapers.

   Im inclined to give up smoking after hearing of the risks to my health.

   • Usage note: In this sense incline is usually used in the passive voice.

incline (plural inclines)

1. A slope.

   To reach the building, we had to climb a steep incline.

incline m. and f. (m and f plural inclini)

1. inclined, prone

Definizione dizionario incline

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

	inclinazione
	Angolo formato da una retta o da un piano con un altro piano di riferimento.
	At an angle relative to a level plane or to another plane of reference.

	pendenza
	Angolo formato da una retta o da un piano con un altro piano di riferimento.
	At an angle relative to a level plane or to another plane of reference.

pendio

chinare

curvare

declinazione

dislivello

erta

giacere

inchinare

inclinarsi

pendice

piano inclinato

piegare

propendere

salita

sdraiarsi

versante

Altri significati:

slope

to tend to do or believe something

bend (something) out of a given plane or direction

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

go down (sun)

(intransitive) To slope.

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

A slope.

ruin (a country)