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leaningadjective running in a slanting directionthe leaning tower of Pisa is a popular tourist attraction in Italy cant, canted, diagonal, graded, inclined, listing, oblique, pitched, raked, slant, slanted, slantwise, sloped, sloping, tilted, tilting horizontal, levelplumb, up-and-down, verticalparallel, perpendicular leaningnouna prevailing or general movement or inclinationthe news media are often accused of having liberal leanings current, direction, drift, run, tendency, tide, trend, wind curve, downside, shift, swing, turn, turnabout, upsidecustom, habit, propensity, tenor, waycountercurrent, countertrendundercurrent, undertow a habitual attraction to some activity or thingdespite what his athletic leanings might suggest, he was actually a very lazy kid affection, affinity, aptitude, bent, bias, bone, devices, disposition, genius, habitude, impulse, inclination, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, tendency, turn favor, one-sidedness, partisanship, prejudiceendowment, faculty, flair, gift, knack, talentaddiction, appetite, fancy, fondness, like, liking, preference, tasteforte, speciality, specialtyconvention, custom, habit, pattern, practice(also practise), routine, trick, way, wonteccentricity, idiosyncrasy, kink, oddity, peculiarity, quirk, singularity allergy, averseness, aversion, disfavor, disinclination, dislike, disliking, disrelish, distastedetachment, impartiality, neutrality, objectivityapathy, disinterestedness, indifference, insouciance, nonchalance, unconcern leaningverbpresent participle of leanto set or cause to be at an anglejust lean the ladder against the tree and climb up it angling, canting, cocking, heeling, inclining, listing, pitching, slanting, sloping, tilting, tipping bankingbending, deviating, swerving, veeringdeclining, descending, reclining, retreating evening, flattening, leveling(or levelling), straightening to show a liking or proneness (for something)the family's diet leans toward greasy food inclining, running, tending, trending going, gravitatingindicating, pointing, suggesting avoiding, shunning, shying (from or away from) to place reliance or trustyou can always lean on me if you need help calculating, counting, depending, reckoning, relying committing, confiding, entrusting(also intrusting), trusting banking on, calling on(or calling upon), figuring on, looking to, standing on distrusting, mistrusting, questioning, suspecting n.leaning, propensity, proclivity, penchant mean a strong instinct or liking for something.leaning suggests a liking or attraction not strong enough to be decisive or uncontrollable.a student with artistic leanings propensity implies a deeply ingrained and usually irresistible inclination.a propensity to offer advice proclivity suggests a strong natural proneness usually to something objectionable or evil.a proclivity for violence penchant implies a strongly marked taste in the person or an irresistible attraction in the object.a penchant for taking risks in the 15th century |