incline

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1. tend, have a preference for, have a penchant for, have an affinity for, be attracted to; be disposed to, be prone to, be apt to, be liable to, be likely to, be subject to, be open to.

2. angle, bevel, cant, slope, pitch, slant, grade, bank; 554 ascend, rise, descend, fall, drop, dig, sag; swerve, swing, veer, turn, curve, fork, Both U.S. Facetious. zig, zag; list, heel, Naut. careen.

3. approximate, near, approach, Archaic. nigh; verge, gravitate, drift; (all followed by towards) lean, bend, bear.

4.(of persons) Usu. incline to

dispose, predispose, prejudice, bias; influence, affect.

5.(of the head, body, etc.) bow, nod, lower, cast down; kneel, genuflect, curtsy; salaam, bend down, stoop.

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6. slope, slant, pitch, grade, ramp, hill, bank, inclined plane, inclination; acclivity, rise, ascent; declivity, declination, descent, fall, drop, dip, downgrade.