'Leaning' definitions:
Definition of 'leaning'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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]
noun
An inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward frivolity" [syn: leaning, propensity, tendency]
noun
A natural inclination; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration" [syn: proclivity, propensity, leaning]
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" [syn: tilt, list, inclination, lean, leaning]
noun
The act of deviating from a vertical position
Definition of 'Leaning'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Leaning'
From: GCIDE
- Leaning \Lean"ing\, n. The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a leaning towards Calvinism. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'leaning'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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