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Meaning of leaning

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  leaning
      adj 1: departing or being caused to depart from the true
             vertical or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the
             headstones were tilted" [syn: {atilt}, {canted},
             {leaning}, {tilted}, {tipped}]
      n 1: an inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward
           frivolity" [syn: {leaning}, {propensity}, {tendency}]
      2: a natural inclination; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration"
         [syn: {proclivity}, {propensity}, {leaning}]
      3: 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" [syn: {tilt}, {list},
         {inclination}, {lean}, {leaning}]
      4: the act of deviating from a vertical position

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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