| Main Entry: | incline |
| 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: | tend toward |
Synonyms: |
affect, be disposed, be partial, be predisposed, be willing, bend, bias, drive, favor, govern, gravitate toward, impel, induce, influence, lean to, look, make willing, move, not mind, persuade, predispose, prefer, prejudice, prompt, sway, turn, verge |
| 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 |
| 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 |