Main entry: leaning
Definition: the act of deviating from a vertical position
Main entry: lean, leaning, list, tilt, inclination
Definition: the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
Usage: the tower had a pronounced tilt; the ship developed a list to starboard; he walked with a heavy inclination to the right
Main entry: proclivity, propensity, leaning
Definition: a natural inclination
Usage: he has a proclivity for exaggeration
Main entry: leaning, tendency, propensity
Definition: an inclination to do something
Usage: he felt leanings toward frivolity
Main entry: tilted, tipped, atilt, leaning, canted
Definition: departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
Usage: the leaning tower of Pisa; the headstones were tilted