incline
noun/ˈɪnklaɪn/
/ˈɪnklaɪn/
(formal)- a slope
- a steep/slight incline
Word OriginMiddle English (originally in the sense ‘bend (the head or body) towards something’); formerly also as encline: from Old French encliner, from Latin inclinare, from in- ‘towards’ + clinare ‘to bend’.Definitions on the go
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