Leaning is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for LEANING in dictionary:

VERB:
• be in or move into a sloping position
• incline from the perpendicular and rest for support against (something)
• cause something to rest against
NOUN:
• a tendency
• a deviation from the perpendicular; an inclination
• the lean part of meat
• The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a leaning towards Calvinism.
• an inclination to do something
• a natural inclination
• the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
• the act of deviating from a vertical position
ADJECTIVE:
• (of a person or animal) thin, especially healthily so; having no superfluous fat
• (of meat) containing little fat
• (of an industry or company) efficient and with no wastage
• offering little reward, substance, or nourishment; meagre
• (of a vaporized fuel mixture) having a high proportion of air
• departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to deviate from a vertical position

Words related to LEANING

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Words that contain LEANING

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How to use LEANING in a sentence

• Leaning over the counter, he secured a hat and a pair of field-glasses, and went out.
• All around him were eager listeners, breathless, leaning forward with intense attention.
• There, in the deep, dark water, The magic stone lies still, Under the leaning willows In the shadow of the hill.
• On hands and knees I crept toward the acacia-thicket, entered it a little, and leaning far forward, peered.
• All this time he was leaning his weight upon my arm.
• Muffled in his cloak, and leaning against a column in the portico of St.
• Lying, as usual, on the grass, and leaning his head on his left arm, Herbert was listening to Captain Cadurcis, who was endeavouring to give him a clear idea of the Bosphorus.
• The last sentence described the vessel gliding away from the dock, with the characters leaning over the side waving good-bye.
• She was leaning back in the wooden arm-chair, one hand lying in her lap, the other hanging limply over the side of the chair.
• He saw the figures of a man and woman who were leaning against the parapet.
• Leaning on his gun, the Knight gazed sadly on the burning ruin, reflecting on what had probably become of its former occupants.
• She soon came back and sat on the edge of the bed, leaning her head down on the pillow.
• He came home within an hour, slowly, leaning heavily upon his stick.
• MacNutt was still on the floor of the cage, leaning out to take aim at us.
• She drew herself upright slowly, the red came flowing back into the cream of her cheeks, and she relaxed, leaning her weight upon one foot.
• She eyed his slender form as he stood leaning on his sword, and gradually ceased her sobbing.
• Kretschmer, leaning out of the window and listening attentively.
• Then at the last they were breathless both, and stood leaning on their swords.
• She stood leaning against the rock where Steele had been, and at this moment, beyond any doubt, she was supremely more beautiful than I had ever seen her.

Similar words containing LEAN without suffix ing

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