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Leaning

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.

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"

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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