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neigen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • incline verb To lean toward a particular opinion, feeling, or course of action.
  • list noun A series of names, items, or numbers written or said one after another.
  • pitch noun A persuasive presentation intended to sell or promote something.
  • slant noun A slope or tilt; a sloping surface or line.
  • tilt verb To lean or slant something, or to be at an angle.
  • trend noun A general direction in which something is developing or changing over time.

Senses

neigen is used for these senses in English:

  • list (transitive, archaic) To desire, like, or wish (to do something).
  • list (transitive, archaic) To be pleasing to.
  • pitch (ambitransitive, aviation, or, nautical) To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternatively up and down.
  • slant (ambitransitive) To lean, tilt or incline.
  • tilt (transitive) To slope or incline (something); to slant. [1590]
  • trend (intransitive) To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend.

incline — full definition

  1. verb To lean toward a particular opinion, feeling, or course of action.
  2. verb To slope or tilt away from horizontal.
  3. noun A slope.

list — full definition

  1. noun A series of names, items, or numbers written or said one after another.
  2. verb To write or name a series of items one after another.
  3. noun A narrow strip or border, especially the edge of a piece of cloth.
  4. verb (of a ship) To lean over to one side.

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