Dictionary Entry
leaning
leaning is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Lean. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 12 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1present participle
of Lean
- 2noun
The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a leaning towards Calvinism.
- 3noun
the act of deviating from a vertical position
- 4noun
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"
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- 5noun
a natural inclination
"he has a proclivity for exaggeration"
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- 6noun
an inclination to do something
"he felt leanings toward frivolity"
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- 7adjective
departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
"the leaning tower of Pisa"
"the headstones were tilted"
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