leaning
adjective
- 1
departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
the leaning tower of Pisa
the headstones were tilted
noun
- 1
the act of deviating from a vertical position
- 2
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
- 3
a natural inclination
he has a proclivity for exaggeration
- 4
an inclination to do something
he felt leanings toward frivolity
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