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Leaning   /lˈinɪŋ/   Listen
Leaning

noun
1.
An inclination to do something.  Synonyms: propensity, tendency.
2.
A natural inclination.  Synonyms: proclivity, propensity.
3.
The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical.  Synonyms: inclination, lean, list, tilt.  "The ship developed a list to starboard" , "He walked with a heavy inclination to the right"
4.
The act of deviating from a vertical position.
adjective
1.
Departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal.  Synonyms: atilt, canted, tilted, tipped.  "The headstones were tilted"


Lean

verb
(past & past part. leant or leaned; pres. part. leaning)
1.
To incline or bend from a vertical position.  Synonyms: angle, slant, tilt, tip.
2.
Cause to lean or incline.
3.
Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined.  Synonyms: be given, incline, run, tend.  "These dresses run small" , "He inclined to corpulence"
4.
Rely on for support.
5.
Cause to lean to the side.  Synonym: list.



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"Leaning" Quotes from Famous Books



... Palace the way narrowed and I fell behind; and, dismounting, I affected to be fixing something about the girth. I wanted to see the Princess go down that tree-lined way as once before I had seen her. Then they came to the bend; and, leaning against my horse's shoulder, ...
— The Colonel of the Red Huzzars • John Reed Scott
... by a loud order from above. McGuire turned as if he had been spoken to by the leader on the throne. The thin figure was leaning far forward; his eye were boring into those of the lieutenant, and he held the motionless pose for many minutes. To the angry man, staring back and upward, there ...
— Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 • Various
... the room, the nude figure of a man. The mold is heroic, and the strong pose at once attracts your attention. As you approach closer you will see, standing behind the man, the figure of a woman. Her form is elevated so she is leaning over him and her face is turned so her lips are about to be pressed upon his. You approach still closer, and a feeling of horror flashes through you—you see that the beautiful arms of the woman end in hairy claws. The ...
— Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 6 - Subtitle: Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists • Elbert Hubbard
... Barbara! this is incredible: after all my lessons, to be leaning from the window, and calling (for unless my ears deceived me, you were positively calling!) ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XV • Robert Louis Stevenson
... clouds But not like the one that goes sailing Like a ship full of gold that shines, Like a ship leaning above blue water. ...
— Poems By a Little Girl • Hilda Conkling


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