Definitions
1.verbTo cause to curve inwards.
2.verbTo change the tone or pitch of the voice when speaking or singing."The actress has a great skill of being able to inflect her voice to any situation."
3.verb(grammar) To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.
4.verb(grammar, of a word) To be varied in the form to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc."In Latin, adjectives and nouns inflect a lot, but inflection is minimally found in Modern English."
5.verbTo influence in style."No other poet has inflected me in style as much as Milton."
6.adjectiveDeviating from a straight line.
7.adjective(grammar) Changed in form to reflect function (referring to a word).
8.adjectiveHaving inflected word forms; fusional."(An inflected language is one in which words change form when their function changes.)"
9.adjectiveBent or curved inward or downward