[Vocabulary] and you start the incline

[englishhobby]

What does 'to start the incline' mean in the following sentence about a ride on the roller-coaster? Does it mean bending to one side or just going upwards?


The ride slowly takes off and you start the incline.


Source: https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-describe-the-feeling-of-riding-a-roller-coaster

 

[teechar]

going upwards

It means that.

 

[Rover_KE]

It's this part - at the beginning.

 

[englishhobby]

It's this part - at the beginning.

Thank you for the picture, but it's really scary.

 

[englishhobby]

It means that.

Does the word have also a meaning 'bending to one side' depending on the context? Is it always easy for a native speaker to distinguish between these two meanings?

 

[Rover_KE]

No. 'Start the incline' never means 'bending to one side'.

 

[emsr2d2]

An incline is, by definition, an upward slope.