| leaning | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. leaning, propensity, tendency | an inclination to do something.; "he felt leanings toward frivolity" |
| ~ inclination | that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking.; "her inclination is for classical music" |
| n. (cognition) | 2. leaning, proclivity, propensity | a natural inclination.; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration" |
| ~ inclination, tendency, disposition | an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others.; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict" |
| n. (attribute) | 3. inclination, lean, leaning, list, tilt | 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" |
| ~ spatial relation, position | the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated.; "the position of the hands on the clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage" |
| n. (act) | 4. leaning | the act of deviating from a vertical position. |
| ~ human action, human activity, act, deed | something that people do or cause to happen. |
| adj. | 5. atilt, canted, leaning, tilted, tipped | departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal.; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the headstones were tilted" |
| ~ inclined | at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position.; "an inclined plane" |
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