incline

Noun

• an inclined surface connecting two levels

• an elevated geological formation
  • he climbed the steep slope
    
  • the house was built on the side of a mountain
    

Verb

• make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief
  • Their language inclines us to believe them
    

• feel favorably disposed or willing
  • She inclines to the view that people should be allowed to expres their religious beliefs
    

• be at an angle
  • The terrain sloped down
    

• lower or bend (the head or upper body), as in a nod or bow
  • She inclined her head to the student
    

• bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well
  • He inclined his ear to the wise old man
    

• have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
  • She tends to be nervous before her lectures
    
  • These dresses run small
    
  • He inclined to corpulence
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  ramp , slope , side , dispose , pitch , tend , be given , lean , run
• Antonyms: 
  indispose , disincline