Look up: incline

1. incline
   [v] - bend or turn (one`s ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well 2. [v] - lower or bend (the head or upper body), as in a nod or bow
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2. Incline
   A waggonway might need unavoidably to slope in the absence of any cutting or to reach staithes. This section is called an incline. Wagons would be need to run up or down it. Gravity could be employed on the downhill slopes. To assist horses used stationary winding engines were employed to haul the w...
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3. incline
   a section of railway on which vehicles are propelled by special means over heavily inclined tracks; e.g. by a hoist propelling a single car with or without counterweights, or two cars in balance as in a funicular railway Category: Transport
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4. Incline
   In·cline' intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Inclined ; present participle & verbal noun Inclining .] [ Middle English inclinen , enclinen , Old French encl...
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5. Incline
   In·cline' transitive verb 1. To cause to deviate from a line, position, or direction; to give a leaning, bend, or slope to; as, incline the column or post to the east; incline your head to the right. « Incline thine ...
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6. Incline
   In·cline' noun An inclined plane; an ascent or descent; a grade or gradient; a slope.
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7. incline
   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. ... 2. To lean or tend, in an intellectual or moral sense; to favor an opinion, a course of conduct, or a person; to have a prop...
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8. incline
   verb bend or turn (one`s ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well; `He inclined his ear to the wise old man`
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9. Incline
   • (v. t.) To impart a tendency or propensity to, as to the will or affections; to turn; to dispose; to influence. • (n.) An inclined plane; an ascent o/ descent; a grade or gradient; a slope. • (v. i.) Fig.: To lean or tend, in an intellectual or moral sense; to favor an opinion, a co...
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10. Incline
    Any entry to a mine that is not vertical (shaft) or horizontal (adit). Often incline is reserved for those entries that are too steep for a belt conveyor (+17 degrees -18 degrees), in which case a hoist and guide rails are employed. A belt conveyor incline is termed a slope. Alt: Secondary inclined ...
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