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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). |
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