'Inclined' definitions:
Definition of 'inclined'
From: WordNet
adjective
(often followed by `to') having a preference, disposition, or tendency; "wasn't inclined to believe the excuse"; "inclined to be moody" [ant: disinclined]
adjective
At an angle to the horizontal or vertical position; "an inclined plane" [ant: horizontal, perpendicular, vertical]
adjective
Definition of 'Inclined'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech. --Judges ix. 3. [1913 Webster]
- Power finds its balance, giddy motions cease In both the scales, and each inclines to peace. --Parnell. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To bow; to incline the head. --Chaucer.
- Syn: To lean; slope; slant; tend; bend. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Inclined'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Math.) Making an angle with some line or plane; -- said of a line or plane. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Bot.) Bent out of a perpendicular position, or into a curve with the convex side uppermost. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'inclined'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aching for,
- acquiescent,
- actuated,
- agreeable,
- alacritous,
- amenable,
- animated,
- apt,
- apt to,
- ardent,
- aslant,
- aslope,
- atilt,
- bearing,
- bending,
- bent,
- bent on,
- bevel,
- beveled,
- bias,
- biased,
- calculated to,
- canting,
- careening,
- compliant,
- conducive to,
- consenting,
- content,
- cooperative,
- crazy to,
- declivate,
- declivitous,
- desirous of,
- disposed,
- disposed to,
- dispositioned,
- docile,
- dying for,
- dying to,
- eager,
- enthusiastic,
- fain,
- fain of,
- favorable,
- favorably disposed,
- favorably inclined,
- fond of,
- forward,
- game,
- given,
- given to,
- impelled,
- in the mind,
- in the mood,
- inclinational,
- inclinatory,
- inclined to,
- inclined toward,
- inclining,
- inclining toward,
- inner-directed,
- itching for,
- keen,
- keen on,
- leading to,
- leaning,
- leaning toward,
- liable,
- liable to,
- likely,
- likely to,
- listing,
- mad on,
- minded,
- minded to,
- motivated,
- moved,
- oblique,
- other-directed,
- out of plumb,
- out of square,
- partial to,
- pitched,
- pliant,
- predisposed,
- predisposed to,
- prompt,
- prompted,
- prone,
- prone to,
- quick,
- raking,
- ready,
- ready and willing,
- ready to,
- receptive,
- recumbent,
- responsive,
- set on,
- shelving,
- shelvy,
- sideling,
- sidelong,
- slant,
- slanted,
- slanting,
- slantways,
- slantwise,
- sloped,
- sloping,
- spoiling for,
- stimulated,
- tending,
- tending to,
- tilted,
- tilting,
- tipped,
- tipping,
- tipsy,
- tractable,
- well-disposed,
- well-inclined,
- wild to,
- willed,
- willing,
- willinghearted,
- zealous
Words containing 'Inclined'
- Inclinable,
- Inclinableness,
- Inclination,
- Incline,
- Incliner,
- Inclining,
- Inclination compass,
- Inclination of an orbit,
- Inclination of the needle,
- Incline Village,
- Inclined plane,
- angle of inclination,
- inclined fault,
- magnetic inclination,
- Incline Village, NV,
- incline bench press,
- Incline Village-Crystal Bay,
- Incline Village-Crystal Bay, NV