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Defenition of the word leaning

    • Defenition of the word leaning

      • departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the headstones were tilted"
      • resting against a support
      • the act deviating from a vertical position
      • an inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward frivolity"
      • a natural inclination; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration"
      • 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"
      • the act of deviating from a vertical position
      • the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
      • a natural inclination
      • an inclination to do something
      • departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal

    Synonyms for the word leaning

      • atilt
      • canted
      • inclination
      • lean
      • list
      • proclivity
      • propensity
      • tendency
      • tilt
      • tilted
      • tipped

    Similar words in the leaning

      • inclined
      • unerect

    Hypernyms for the word leaning

      • act
      • deed
      • disposition
      • human action
      • human activity
      • inclination
      • position
      • spatial relation
      • tendency

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