leans - Definition and Meaning

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(verb)

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be in or move into a sloping position

examples

he leaned back in his chair

she leant forward and whispered conspiratorially

a line of palm trees leaning in the wind

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(noun)

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a deviation from the perpendicular; an inclination

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the vehicle has a definite lean to the left

(noun)

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the lean part of meat

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the man who eats no fat and the wife who eats no lean