Meaning

• A slope.

  "To reach the building, we had to climb a steep incline."

Meaning

• To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.

  "He had to incline his body against the gusts to avoid being blown down in the storm."

• To slope.

  "Over the centuries the wind made the walls of the farmhouse incline."

• (chiefly in the passive) To tend to do or believe something, or move or be moved in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc.

  "He inclines to believe anything he reads in the newspapers."