Overview of noun leaning

The noun leaning has 4 senses

• leaning, propensity, tendency -- (an inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward frivolity")


• proclivity, propensity, leaning -- (a natural inclination; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration")


• tilt, list, inclination, lean, leaning -- (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")


• leaning -- (the act of deviating from a vertical position)

Overview of verb lean

The verb lean has 5 senses

• lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle -- (to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister")


• lean -- (cause to lean or incline; "He leaned his rifle against the wall")


• tend, be given, lean, incline, run -- (have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence")


• lean -- (rely on for support; "We can lean on this man")


• list, lean -- (cause to lean to the side; "Erosion listed the old tree")

Overview of adj leaning

The adj leaning has 1 sense

• atilt, canted, leaning, tilted, tipped -- (departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the headstones were tilted")