Leaning : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Leaning	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Leaning
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
leaning adj departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the headstones were tilted" Synonym(s): atilt, canted, leaning, tilted, tipped n an inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward frivolity" Synonym(s): leaning, propensity, tendency a natural inclination; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration" Synonym(s): proclivity, propensity, 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" Synonym(s): tilt, list, inclination, lean, leaning the act of deviating from a vertical position
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leaning \Lean"ing\, n. The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a leaning towards Calvinism.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lean \Lean\ (l[emac]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Leaned} (l[emac]nd), sometimes {Leant} (l[ecr]nt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Leaning}.] [OE. lenen, AS. hlinian, hleonian, v. i.; akin to OS. hlin[d3]n, D. leunen, OHG. hlin[c7]n, lin[c7]n, G. lehnen, L. inclinare, Gr. kli`nein, L. clivus hill, slope. [root]40. Cf. {Declivity}, {Climax}, {Incline}, {Ladder}.] 1. To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating; as, she leaned out at the window; a leaning column. [bd]He leant forward.[b8] --Dickens. 2. To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; -- with to, toward, etc. They delight rather to lean to their old customs. --Spenser. 3. To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; -- with on, upon, or against. He leaned not on his fathers but himself. --Tennyson.