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Meaning of word leaning from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

leaning noun

Meaning : An inclination to do something.

Example : He felt leanings toward frivolity.

Synonyms : propensity, tendency

Meaning : A natural inclination.

Example : He has a proclivity for exaggeration.

Synonyms : proclivity, propensity

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

Example : The tower had a pronounced tilt.
The ship developed a list to starboard.
He walked with a heavy inclination to the right.

Synonyms : inclination, lean, list, tilt

Meaning : The act of deviating from a vertical position.

leaning adjective

Meaning : Departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal.

Example : The leaning tower of Pisa.
The headstones were tilted.

Synonyms : atilt, canted, tilted, tipped

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Produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin').