leaning
adjective
1. departing or being caused to depart from the center.
- the leaning tower of Pisa
noun
1. an inclination to do something
- he felt leanings toward frivolity
Similar word(s): propensity, tendency
Definition categories: feeling, inclination
2. a natural inclination
Similar word(s): proclivity, propensity
Definition categories: thought, disposition, inclination, tendency
3. the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
Similar word(s): inclination, lean, list, tilt
Definition categories: attribute, position
4. the act of deviating from a vertical position
verb
1. present participle of lean