[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lean \lean\ l=en, v. i. imp.  p. p. leaned l=end,
   sometimes leant le^nt; p. pr.  vb. n. leaning. oe.
   lenen, as. hlinian, hleonian, v. i.; akin to os. hlin=on,
   d. leunen, ohg. hlin=en, lin=en, g. lehnen, l. inclinare,
   gr. kli`nein, l. clivus hill, slope. root40. 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.
      1913 webster

   2. to incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; --
      with to, toward, etc.
      1913 webster

            they delight rather to lean to their old customs.
                                                  --spenser.
      1913 webster

   3. to rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; --
      with on, upon, or against.
      1913 webster

            he leaned not on his fathers but himself.
                                                  --tennyson.
      1913 webster
see also:
leaned leant leaning declivity climax incline 
ladder 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

leaning \lean"ing\, n.
   the act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a
   leaning towards calvinism.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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 of deviating from a vertical position
see also:
atilt canted tilted tipped propensity tendency 
proclivity tilt list inclination lean 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

169 moby thesaurus words for "leaning":
   a thing for, affinity, an ear for, an eye for, angularity, animus,
   aptitude, aptness, aslant, aslope, atilt, bag, bent, bevel,
   beveled, bias, biased, cant, canted, canting, capacity for,
   careening, cast, character, chosen kind, conatus, conduciveness,
   constitution, cup of tea, delight, diathesis, discrimination,
   disposition, druthers, eagerness, eccentricity, fancy, fascination,
   favor, favoritism, feeling for, felicity, flair, forejudgment,
   genius for, gift for, grain, heeling, idiosyncrasy, ill-balanced,
   inclination, inclinational, inclinatory, inclined, inclining,
   individualism, inequality, innate aptitude, interest, involvement,
   jaundice, jaundiced eye, kidney, lean, leaning tower, liability,
   liking, list, listing, lopsided, make, makeup, mental set, mettle,
   mind, mind-set, mold, mutual affinity, mutual attraction, nature,
   nepotism, off-balance, one-sidedness, out of plumb, out of square,
   overbalanced, parti pris, partialism, partiality,
   particular choice, partisanism, partisanship, penchant,
   personal choice, pitch, pitched, preconception, predilection,
   predisposition, preference, preferential treatment, prejudgment,
   prejudice, prepossession, probability, proclivity, proneness,
   propensity, rake, raking, readiness, recumbent, sensitivity to,
   set, shelving, shelvy, sideling, sidelong, slant, slanted,
   slanting, slantways, slantwise, slope, sloped, sloping, soft spot,
   stamp, strain, streak, stripe, style, susceptibility, swag, sway,
   sympathy, taste, temper, temperament, tendency, tendent,
   tendential, tendentious, tending, thing, tilt, tilted, tilting,
   tip, tipped, tipping, tipsy, top-heavy, tower of pisa, tropism,
   turn, turn for, turn of mind, twist, type, unbalanced,
   undetachment, undispassionateness, unneutrality, unstable,
   unsteady, warp, weakness, willingness

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