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Incline [v. in-klahyn; n. in-klahyn, in-klahyn] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
incline [v. in-klahyn; n. in-klahyn, in-klahyn]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: slope
Synonyms: acclivity, approach, ascent, cant, declivity, descent, dip, grade, gradient, inclination, lean, leaning, plane, ramp, rise, slant, tilt
Main Entry: incline
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bend, lean
Synonyms: aim, bevel, bow, cant, cock, deviate, diverge, heel, lay, level, list, lower, nod, point, recline, skew, slant, slope, stoop, tend, tilt, tip, train, turn, veer, yaw
Main Entry: angle
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: shape formed by two lines meeting at a point
Synonyms: V, Y, bend, corner, crook, crotch, cusp, decline, divergence, dogleg, edge, elbow, flare, flection, flexure, fork, incline, intersection, knee, nook, notch, obliquity, point, slant, turn, turning, twist
Example Sentences
  • The boy and his father strained against the incline of the ramp, walking past the concession stands toward their seats.
  • The first will be an interval program that will alter your pace and incline.
  • But it was offered to me as a pop-Whorfian example for how different languages incline speakers differently.
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Main Entry: ascent
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: upward slope
Synonyms: acclivity, grade, gradient, incline, ramp, rise
Antonyms: decline, descent
Main Entry: bank
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: lean or tilt
Synonyms: bend, camber, cant, incline, pitch, slant, slope
Antonyms: straighten
Main Entry: become
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: evolve into
Synonyms: alter to, assume form of, be converted to, be reduced to, be reformed, be remodeled, be transformed into, change into, come, come to be, convert, develop into, emerge as, eventually be, grow into, incline, mature, metamorphose, pass into, ripen into, shift, turn into, turn out, wax
Main Entry: bend
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: form or cause a curve
Synonyms: angle away, angle off, arch, bow, buckle, camber, careen, circle, contort, crimp, crinkle, crook, crouch, curl, deflect, deform, detour, double, droop, flex, genuflect, hook, incline, incurvate, lean, loop, pervert, round, spiral, stoop, swerve, tilt, turn, twist, veer, verge, warp, waver, wilt, wind, yaw, zigzag
Antonyms: straighten
Main Entry: bias
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: diagonal weave of fabric
Synonyms: angle, cant, cross, incline, oblique, slant
Notes: a person's bias is based on facts, but prejudice occurs without a person knowing or examining the facts
Main Entry: bias
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cause to favor
Synonyms: distort, incline, influence, make partial, prejudice, prepossess, slant, sway, twist, warp, weight
Antonyms: be fair, be impartial, be just
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