The act of deviating from a vertical position
The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency;
Noun
the act of deviating from a vertical position
Noun
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"
Noun
a natural inclination; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration"
Noun
an inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward frivolity"
Adjective S.
departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the headstones were tilted"
Adjective S.
resting against a support
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Lean
n.
The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency;
as, a leaning towards Calvinism.
Leaning
The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency;
Usage Examples
Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world.
When I was living on the street I would be standing out in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater, leaning against my car and signing autographs and nobody had any idea that I was living in it.
For me, I am left leaning when it comes to health and education, on the right when it comes to defense. So I don't know where I come on the political spectrum. And I think this the challenge that a lot of Jordanians have to deal with.
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Other Usage ExamplesI was a vegetarian until I started leaning toward the sunlight.
Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.
What spectacle can be more edifying or more seasonable, than that of Liberty and Learning, each leaning on the other for their mutual and surest support?
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