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lean⋅ing

  [lee-ning]
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–noun
inclination; tendency: strong literary leanings.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME leninge, OE hlining. See lean 1 , -ing 1

Synonyms:
bent, propensity, proclivity, bias, penchant.
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lean

1  [leen] verb, leaned or (especially British) leant; lean⋅ing; noun
–verb (used without object)
1. to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.
2. to incline, as in a particular direction; slant: The post leans to the left. The building leaned sharply before renovation.
3. to incline in feeling, opinion, action, etc.: to lean toward socialism.
4. to rest against or on something for support: to lean against a wall.
5. to depend or rely (usually fol. by on or upon): someone he could lean on in an emergency.
–verb (used with object)
6. to incline or bend: He leaned his head forward.
7. to cause to lean or rest; prop: to lean a chair against the railing.
–noun
8. the act or state of leaning; inclination: The tower has a pronounced lean.
—Verb phrase
9. lean on, Informal.
a. to exert influence or pressure on in order to gain cooperation, maintain discipline, or the like: The state is leaning on the company to clean up its industrial wastes.
b. to criticize, reprimand, or punish: I would have enjoyed school more if the teachers hadn't leaned on me so much.
—Idiom
10. lean over backward(s). bend 1 (def. 20).
Origin:
bef. 900; ME lenen, OE hleonian, hlinian; c. G. lehnen; akin to L clīnāre to incline, Gk klnein
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lean 1   (lēn)   
v.   leaned, lean·ing, leans

v.   intr.

  1. To bend or slant away from the vertical.

  2. To incline the weight of the body so as to be supported: leaning against the railing. See Synonyms at slant.

  3. To rely for assistance or support: Lean on me for help.

  4. To have a tendency or preference: a government that leans toward fascism.

  5. Informal To exert pressure: The boss is leaning on us to meet the deadline.

v.   tr.

  1. To set or place so as to be resting or supported.

  2. To cause to incline.

n.  A tilt or an inclination away from the vertical.

[Middle English lenen, from Old English hleonian; see klei- in Indo-European roots.]
lean·ing   (lē'nĭng)   
n.  An inclination, a tendency, or a preference. See Synonyms at predilection.
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Word Origin & History

lean  (v.)
O.E. hleonian "to bend, recline, lie down, rest," from P.Gmc. *khlinen (cf. O.S. hlinon, O.Fris. lena, M.Du. lenen, Ger. lehnen "to lean"), from PIE base *kli- "to lean, to incline" (cf. Skt. cri- "to lean;" O.Pers. cay "to lean;" L. clivus "declivity," inclinare "cause to bend," declinare "bend down, turn aside;" Gk. klinein "to cause to slope, slant, incline"). Meaning "to incline the body against something for support" is c.1250. Fig. sense of "to trust for support" is from 1225. Sense of "to lean toward mentally, to favor" is from 1398. Colloquial to lean on "put pressure on" (someone) is first recorded 1960. Lean-to "a building whose rafters pitch against another building or wall" is from 1461.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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