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leaning Noun

— A leaning is a tendency.

leaning

— adjective (= tilted) departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal the leaning tower of Pisa the headstones were tilted — noun the act of deviating from a vertical position — noun an inclination to do something he felt leanings toward frivolity — noun (= proclivity) a natural inclination he has a proclivity for exaggeration — noun (= tilt, list, inclination) 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

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inclination tendency tilted slanting tilt slanted propensity lean sloping proclivity list inclined bent tipped slant penchant oblique canted bending atilt sympathy slope lurch bias whim uneven tipping tilting tending temptation stooping skew sideways shelving selfish resting upon reclining prejudiced preference pitch partiality partial obliquity not straight not fair lop-sided lean oil lean against inflexion inflection