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Adjective inclined has 4 senses
  1. inclined - (often followed by `to') having a preference, disposition, or tendency; "wasn't inclined to believe the excuse"; "inclined to be moody"
    Antonyms:     disinclined, afraid, antipathetic, antipathetical, averse, indisposed, loath, loth, reluctant
  2. inclined - at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position; "an inclined plane"
    Antonyms:     horizontal, crosswise, flat, level, naiant, swimming, vertical, perpendicular, plumb, upended, upright, unsloped
  3. disposed, fain, inclined, prepared - having made preparations; "prepared to take risks"
    Antonym: unwilling (indirect, via willing)
  4. bent, bowed, inclined - used especially of the head or upper back; "a bent head and sloping shoulders"
    Antonyms: erect, vertical, upright (indirect, via unerect)
,Verb incline has 5 senses
  1. tend, be given, lean, incline, run - have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence"
    --1 is one way to be
    Derived forms: noun inclination5, noun inclination1, noun inclination7
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
  2. incline - bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well; "He inclined his ear to the wise old man"
    --2 is one way to     listen, hear, take heed
    Derived form: noun inclining1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  3. incline - lower or bend (the head or upper body), as in a nod or bow; "She inclined her head to the student"
    --3 is one way to     lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down
    Derived forms: noun inclination8, noun inclining1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s something
  4. slope, incline, pitch - be at an angle; "The terrain sloped down"
    --4 is one way to lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle
    Derived forms: noun incline2, noun incline1, noun inclination2, noun inclination3, noun inclination4, noun inclination6
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
  5. dispose, incline - make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief; "Their language inclines us to believe them"
    --5 is one way to determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate
    Derived forms: noun inclination5, noun inclination1
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s somebody
    Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
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