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Definition of Leaning
- the act of deviating from a vertical position
- 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"
- a natural inclination; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration"
- an inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward frivolity"
- 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
Derivational Morphology: lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle, slope, incline, pitch, list, heel, tend, be given, run
Anagrams: lineage, nigella
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