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incline one's ear

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in⋅cline

  [v. in-klahyn; n. in-klahyn, in-klahyn] verb, -clined, -clin⋅ing, noun
Use incline one's ear in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to deviate from the vertical or horizontal; slant.
2. to have a mental tendency, preference, etc.; be disposed: We incline to rest and relaxation these days.
3. to tend, in a physical sense; approximate: The flowers incline toward blue.
4. to tend in character or in course of action: a political philosophy that inclines toward the conservative.
5. to lean; bend.
–verb (used with object)
6. to dispose (a person) in mind, habit, etc. (usually fol. by to): His attitude did not incline me to help him.
7. to bow, nod, or bend (the head, body, etc.): He inclined his head in greeting.
8. to cause to lean or bend in a particular direction.
–noun
9. an inclined surface; slope; slant.
10. Railroads.
a. Also called inclined plane, incline plane. a cable railroad, the gradient of which is approximately 45°.
b. any railroad or portion of a railroad, the gradient of which is too steep for ordinary locomotive adhesion alone to be effective.
11. Mining.
a. an angled shaft following a dipping vein.
b. an inclined haulageway.
—Idiom
12. incline one's ear, to listen, esp. willingly or favorably: to incline one's ear to another's plea.
Origin:
1300–50; ME inclinen < L inclīnāre, equiv. to in- in- 2 + -clīnāre to bend (see lean 1 ); r. ME enclinen < MF < L, as above

Related forms:
in⋅clin⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. lean, slope, rise, fall, pitch. 2. tend, lean. 3, 4. verge, veer.
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