Unscramble leaning

Definition of leaning

adjective:

• departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa", "the headstones were tilted". Synonyms: atilt, canted, tilted, tipped.

noun:

• an inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward frivolity". Synonyms: propensity, tendency.
• a natural inclination; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration". Synonyms: proclivity, propensity.
• 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". Synonyms: inclination, lean, list, tilt.
• the act of deviating from a vertical position.

verb:

• to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister". Synonyms: angle, lean, slant, tilt, tip.
• cause to lean or incline; "He leaned his rifle against the wall". Synonyms: lean.
• have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures", "These dresses run small", "He inclined to corpulence". Synonyms: be given, incline, lean, run, tend.
• rely on for support; "We can lean on this man". Synonyms: lean.
• cause to lean to the side; "Erosion listed the old tree". Synonyms: lean, list.

Related words

gravitate, heel, incline, list, pitch, recline, slope, suffer, weather.

Words nearby

cleaning, leading, leafing, leaping, learning, leaving, loaning, meaning, weaning.

Rhymes with

cleaning, convening, demeaning, greening, intervening, meaning, screening, weaning.