[leen] 
verb, leaned or (especially British
) leant; lean⋅ing; noun | 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. |
| 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. |
| 8. | the act or state of leaning; inclination: The tower has a pronounced lean. |
| 9. | lean on, Informal.
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| 10. | lean over backward(s). bend 1 (def. 20). |
neinlean on
Rely on, depend on, as in He's leaning on me for help. [Mid-1400s]
Exert pressure on one, especially to obtain something or make one do something against his or her will. For example, The gangsters were leaning on local storekeepers to pay them protection money. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]