Hypertext Webster Gateway: "leaning"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Lean \Lean\ (l[=e]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Leaned} (l[=e]nd),
sometimes {Leant} (l[e^]nt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Leaning}.] [OE.
lenen, AS. hlinian, hleonian, v. i.; akin to OS. hlin[=o]n,
D. leunen, OHG. hlin[=e]n, lin[=e]n, G. lehnen, L. inclinare,
Gr. kli`nein, L. clivus hill, slope. [root]40. Cf.
{Declivity}, {Climax}, {Incline}, {Ladder}.]
1. To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to
be in a position thus inclining or deviating; as, she
leaned out at the window; a leaning column. ``He leant
forward.'' --Dickens.

2. To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; --
with to, toward, etc.

They delight rather to lean to their old customs.
--Spenser.

3. To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; --
with on, upon, or against.

He leaned not on his fathers but himself.
--Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Leaning \Lean"ing\, n.
The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a
leaning towards Calvinism.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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}, {tilted},
{tipped}]
2: resting against a support
n 1: an inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward
frivolity" [syn: {propensity}, {tendency}]
2: a natural inclination; "he has a proclivity for
exaggeration" [syn: {proclivity}, {propensity}]
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}]
4: the act deviating from a vertical position


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