incline
to lean or slope; to tend toward
Root
- cline / cliv: lean, slope, or bend
Other words with the cline / cliv root
- decline: to slope downward; to refuse or decrease
- inclination: a tendency or leaning
- inclined: likely or disposed to do something; sloping
- proclivity: a natural tendency or inclination
- recline: to lean back
Incline keeps the body image simple: something leans.
The path began to incline just before the final stretch.