Adjacent Words

Inclined definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INCLI'NED, pp. Having a leaning or tendency; disposed.
Inclined plane, in mechanics, is a plane that makes an oblique angle with the plane of the horizon; a sloping plane.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: (often followed by `to') having a preference, disposition, or tendency; "wasn't inclined to believe the excuse"; "inclined to be moody" [ant: disinclined]
2: at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position; "an inclined plane" [ant: horizontal, perpendicular, vertical]
3: having made preparations; "prepared to take risks" [syn: disposed, fain, inclined, prepared]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 14th century 1. having inclination, disposition, or tendency 2. a. having a leaning or slope b. making an angle with a line or plane

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Inclined In*clined", p. p. & a. 1. Having a leaning or tendency towards, or away from, a thing; disposed or moved by wish, desire, or judgment; as, a man inclined to virtue. ``Each pensively inclined.'' --Cowper. 2. (Math.) Making an angle with some line or plane; -- said of a line or plane. 3. (Bot.) Bent out of a perpendicular position, or into a curve with the convex side uppermost. Inclined plane. (Mech.) (a) A plane that makes an oblique angle with the plane of the horizon; a sloping plane. When used to produce pressure, or as a means of moving bodies, it is one of the mechanical powers, so called. (b) (Railroad & Canal) An inclined portion of track, on which trains or boats are raised or lowered from one level to another.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Incline In*cline", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Inclined; p. pr. & vb. n. Inclining.] [OE. inclinen, enclinen, OF. encliner, incliner, F. incliner, L. inclinare; pref. in- in + clinare to bend, incline; akin to E. lean. See Lean to incline.] 1. To deviate from a line, direction, or course, toward an object; to lean; to tend; as, converging lines incline toward each other; a road inclines to the north or south. 2. Fig.: To lean or tend, in an intellectual or moral sense; to favor an opinion, a course of conduct, or a person; to have a propensity or inclination; to be disposed. Their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech. --Judges ix. 3. Power finds its balance, giddy motions cease In both the scales, and each inclines to peace. --Parnell. 3. To bow; to incline the head. --Chaucer. Syn: To lean; slope; slant; tend; bend.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you are inclined to behave in a particular way, you often behave in that way, or you want to do so. Nobody felt inclined to argue with Smith... If you are so inclined, you can watch TV. ADJ: v-link ADJ, ADJ to-inf, ADJ to n, so ADJ 2. If you say that you are inclined to have a particular opinion, you mean that you hold this opinion but you are not expressing it strongly. I am inclined to agree with Alan. ADJ: v-link ADJ to-inf [vagueness] 3. Someone who is mathematically inclined or artistically inclined, for example, has a natural talent for mathematics or art. ...the needs of academically inclined pupils. ADJ: adv ADJ 4. see also incline

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