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leaning

noun

1 leaning

An inclination to do something:
— He felt leanings toward frivolity.

synonyms: propensity, tendency.

Roget 923: wrong; what ought not to be, what should not be; malum in se [Lat.]; unreasonableness, grievance; shame.    injustice; tort [Law]; unfairness etc. adj.; iniquity, foul play.    ... show more

2 leaning

A natural inclination.

synonyms: proclivity, propensity.

Dutch: neiging, aanleg

3 leaning

The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical.

synonyms: inclination, lean, list, tilt.

Roget 865: desire, wish, fancy, fantasy; want, need, exigency.    mind, inclination, leaning, bent, animus, partiality, ... show more

Roget 602: willingness, voluntariness etc. adj.; willing mind, heart.    disposition, inclination, leaning, animus; frame of mind, humor, mood, ... show more

Roget 217: obliquity, inclination, slope, slant, crookedness etc. adj.; slopeness; leaning etc. v.; bevel, tilt; bias, ... show more

Polish: nachylenie, spadzistość, spad

4 leaning

The act of deviating from a vertical position.

adjective

1 leaning

Departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal:
— The leaning tower of Pisa.

synonyms: atilt, canted, tilted, tipped.


Moby thesaurus: a thing for, affinity, an ear for, an eye for, angularity, animus, aptitude, aptness, aslant, aslope, atilt, bag, bent, bevel, beveled, bias, biased, cant, canted, canting ... show more.

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