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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
leaning
    adj 1: departing or being caused to depart from the true
           vertical or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the
           headstones were tilted" [syn: atilt, canted,
           leaning, tilted, tipped]
    n 1: an inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward
         frivolity" [syn: leaning, propensity, tendency]
    2: a natural inclination; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration"
       [syn: proclivity, propensity, leaning]
    3: 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" [syn: tilt, list,
       inclination, lean, leaning]
    4: the act of deviating from a vertical position

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Lean \Lean\ (l[=e]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Leaned (l[=e]nd),
   sometimes Leant (l[e^]nt); p. pr. & vb. n. Leaning.] [OE.
   lenen, AS. hlinian, hleonian, v. i.; akin to OS. hlin[=o]n,
   D. leunen, OHG. hlin[=e]n, lin[=e]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. "He leant
      forward." --Dickens.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; --
      with to, toward, etc.
      [1913 Webster]

            They delight rather to lean to their old customs.
                                                  --Spenser.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; --
      with on, upon, or against.
      [1913 Webster]

            He leaned not on his fathers but himself.
                                                  --Tennyson.
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Leaning \Lean"ing\, n.
   The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a
   leaning towards Calvinism.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Leaning:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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