lean
/ˈliːn/ verb B2- To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating. · a leaning column· She leaned out of the window.
- To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc. · I’m leaning towards voting Conservative in the next election.· The Hispanic vote leans Democratic.
- To rest or rely, for support, comfort, to use as a hard surface for writing, etc.
- To hang outwards.
- To press against.
He/she/it leans · Past leaned · Past participle leaned · -ing form leaning
Verb forms
- Base form
- lean
- He/she/it
- leans
- Past
- leaned
- Past participle
- leaned
- -ing form
- leaning
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
Marilla looked back once as the buggy bounced along and saw that aggravating Matthew leaning over the gate, looking wistfully after them.
The prisoner heard the cry, which sounded like the sob of a broken heart, and leaning from the coach he called out, “Good-bye, Mercédès—we shall soon meet again!” Then the vehicle disappeared round one of the turnings of Fort Saint Nicholas.
And then, when I was leaning over the bridge, it just slipped through my fingers--so--and went down--down--down, all purply-sparkling, and sank forevermore beneath the Lake of Shining Waters.
Dorothy leaned her chin upon her hand and gazed thoughtfully at the Scarecrow.
Other matches
- lean Slim B1
- lean To thin out C2
- lean Meat with no fat on it. C2
- lean An inclination away from the vertical. C2
- lean A recreational drug composed of codeine-prometh... C2
- lean in To shift one's weight forward
- lean into Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: ...
- lean on Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: ...
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