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Leaning

Leaning Meaning & Definition
Leaning Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Leaning?

[n] the act of deviating from a vertical position
[n] the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right"
[n] a natural inclination; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration"
[n] an inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward frivolity"
[adj] resting against a support
[adj] departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the headstones were tilted"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Leaning: atilt | canted | inclination | inclined | lean | list | proclivity | propensity | propensity | tendency | tilt | tilted | tipped | unerect

Related Terms | Find terms related to Leaning: a thing for | affinity | an ear for | an eye for | angularity | animus | aptitude | aptness | aslant | aslope | atilt | bag | bent | bevel | beveled | bias | biased | cant | canted | canting | capacity for | careening | cast | character | chosen kind | conatus | conduciveness | constitution | cup of tea | delight | diathesis | discrimination | disposition | druthers | eagerness | eccentricity | fancy | fascination | favor | favoritism | feeling for | felicity | flair | forejudgment | genius for | gift for | grain | heeling | idiosyncrasy | ill-balanced | inclination | inclinational | inclinatory | inclined | inclining | individualism | inequality | innate aptitude | interest | involvement | jaundice | jaundiced eye | kidney | lean | leaning tower | liability | liking | list | listing | lopsided | make | makeup | mental set | mettle | mind | mind-set | mold | mutual affinity | mutual attraction | nature | nepotism | off-balance | one-sidedness | out of plumb | out of square | overbalanced | parti pris | partialism | partiality | particular choice | partisanism | partisanship | penchant | personal choice | pitch | pitched | preconception | predilection | predisposition | preference | preferential treatment | prejudgment | prejudice | prepossession | probability | proclivity | proneness | propensity | rake | raking | readiness | recumbent | sensitivity to | set | shelving | shelvy | sideling | sidelong | slant | slanted | slanting | slantways | slantwise | slope | sloped | sloping | soft spot | stamp | strain | streak | stripe | style | susceptibility | swag | sway | sympathy | taste | temper | temperament | tendency | tendent | tendential | tendentious | tending | thing | tilt | tilted | tilting | tip | tipped | tipping | tipsy | top-heavy | tower of Pisa | tropism | turn | turn for | turn of mind | twist | type | unbalanced | undetachment | undispassionateness | unneutrality | unstable | unsteady | warp | weakness | willingness

See Also | act | disposition | human action | human activity | inclination | inclination | position | spatial relation | tendency

Leaning In Webster's Dictionary

\Lean"ing\, n. The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a leaning towards Calvinism.

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