| Noun | 1. | leaning - an inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward frivolity"inclination - that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking; "her inclination is for classical music" | |
| 2. | leaning - a natural inclination; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration"inclination, tendency, disposition - an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict" | |
| 3. | leaning - 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"spatial relation, position - the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated; "the position of the hands on the clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage" | |
| 4. | leaning - the act of deviating from a vertical position | |
| Adj. | 1. | leaning - departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the headstones were tilted"inclined - at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position; "an inclined plane" | |
| 2. | leaning - resting against a supportunerect - not upright in position or posture | |