See incline in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "\"My tastes,\" he said, still smiling, \"incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet.\" And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: \"I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;[…].\"",
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]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "the Pleasant Street Incline",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A portal of a subway tunnel."
],
"links": [
[
"portal",
"portal"
],
[
"subway",
"subway"
],
[
"tunnel",
"tunnel"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "ĭnklīn'",
"tags": [
"verb"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɪnˈklaɪn/",
"tags": [
"verb"
]
},
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},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪn"
},
{
"enpr": "ĭn'klīn",
"tags": [
"noun"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɪn.klaɪn/",
"tags": [
"noun"
]
},
{
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪnklaɪn"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "encline"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "slope",
"word": "əydəm"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "naklon",
"sense": "slope",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "наклон"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "slope",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sráz"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "slope",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "svah"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "slope",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Neigung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "slope",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Anstieg"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "slope",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Gefälle"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kekliméno epípedo",
"sense": "slope",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "κεκλιμένο επίπεδο"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "klíma",
"sense": "slope",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "κλίμα"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "slope",
"word": "lejtő"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "slope",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "clīvus"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "slope",
"word": "pānaunau"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"english": "if gentle",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "slope",
"word": "pānakitanga"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naklón",
"sense": "slope",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "накло́н"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uklón",
"sense": "slope",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "укло́н"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skat",
"sense": "slope",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "скат"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sklon",
"sense": "slope",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "склон"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "ēṭavālu",
"sense": "slope",
"word": "ఏటవాలు"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "náxyl",
"sense": "slope",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "на́хил"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sxyl",
"sense": "slope",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "схил"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"incline"
],
"word": "incline"
}
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