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Definitions for Leaning

[1] inclination; tendency: strong literary leanings.
[2] to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.
[3] to incline, as in a particular direction; slant: The post leans to the left. The building leaned sharply before renovation.
[4] to incline in feeling, opinion, action, etc.: to lean toward socialism.
[5] to rest against or on something for support: to lean against a wall.
[6] to depend or rely (usually followed by on or upon ): someone he could lean on in an emergency.
[7] to incline or bend: He leaned his head forward.
[8] to cause to lean or rest; prop: to lean a chair against the railing.
[9] the act or state of leaning; inclination: The tower has a pronounced lean.
[10] lean in , to shift one's body weight forward or toward someone or something: He stood near home plate and leaned in for the pitch. to embrace risk, be assertive, etc., as to achieve the greatest level of success in the workplace: She really knows how to lean in—she'll have a corner office before long.
[11] lean on , Informal . to exert influence or pressure on in order to gain cooperation, maintain discipline, or the like: The state is leaning on the company to clean up its industrial wastes. to criticize, reprimand, or punish: I would have enjoyed school more if the teachers hadn't leaned on me so much.
[12] a tendency or inclination
[13] Sir David. 1908–91, English film director. His films include In Which We Serve (1942), Blithe Spirit (1945), Brief Encounter (1946), Great Expectations (1946), Oliver Twist (1948), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Dr Zhivago (1965), and A Passage to India (1984)
[14] (foll by against, on, or upon ) to rest or cause to rest against a support
[15] to incline or cause to incline from a vertical position
[16] (intr; foll by to or towards) to have or express a tendency or leaning
[17] lean over backwards informal to make a special effort, esp in order to please
[18] the condition of inclining from a vertical position
[19] (esp of a person or an animal) having no surplus flesh or bulk; not fat or plump
[20] not bulky or full
[21] (of meat) having little or no fat
[22] not rich, abundant, or satisfying
[23] (of a mixture of fuel and air) containing insufficient fuel and too much air a lean mixture
[24] (of printer's type) having a thin appearance
[25] (of a paint) containing relatively little oil
[26] (of an ore) not having a high mineral content
[27] (of concrete) made with a small amount of cement
[28] the part of meat that contains little or no fat

Words related to Leaning

predilection, propensity, sentiment, inclination, penchant, favoritism, proclivity, predisposition, thing, taste, weakness, aptitude, drift, partiality, favor, disposition, liking, mindset, bent

Words nearby Leaning

lean-faced, lean-to, leander, leaner, leangle, leaning, leaning tower of pisa, leaning tower of pisa, the, leant, leap, leap day

Origin of Leaning

1before 900; Middle English lenen, Old English hleonian, hlinian; cognate with G. lehnen; akin to Latin clīnāre to incline, Greek klī́nein

Word origin for Leaning

Old English hlǣne, of Germanic origin

Synonyms for Leaning

inclination, predilection, propensity, sentiment, aptitude, bent, disposition, drift, favor, favoritism, inclining, liking, mindset, partiality, penchant, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, taste, thing, weakness, cup of tea