leaning

leaning /'li:niɳ/
  • danh từ
    • khuynh hướng, thiên hướng
 độ nghiêng
 sự làm nghèo
Lĩnh vực: xây dựng
 nghiêng (tháp)
 sự làm gầy
leaning thread
 ren chặn
leaning thread
 ren hình thang
leaning tower
 tháp nghiêng
leaning tower
 tháp nghiêng Pisa

Xem thêm: propensity, tendency, proclivity, propensity, tilt, list, inclination, lean, atilt, canted, tilted, tipped, tilt, list, inclination, leaning, tilt, tip, slant, angle, tend, be given, incline, run, list, thin, skimpy



leaning

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • an inclination to do something; propensity, tendency

    he felt leanings toward frivolity

  • a natural inclination; proclivity, propensity

    he has a proclivity for exaggeration

  • the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; tilt, list, inclination, lean

    the tower had a pronounced tilt

    the ship developed a list to starboard

    he walked with a heavy inclination to the right

  • the act of deviating from a vertical position

    adj.

  • departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal; atilt, canted, tilted, tipped

    the leaning tower of Pisa

    the headstones were tilted

    n.

  • the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; tilt, list, inclination, leaning

    the tower had a pronounced tilt

    the ship developed a list to starboard

    he walked with a heavy inclination to the right

    v.

  • to incline or bend from a vertical position; tilt, tip, slant, angle

    She leaned over the banister

  • cause to lean or incline

    He leaned his rifle against the wall

  • have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; tend, be given, incline, run

    She tends to be nervous before her lectures

    These dresses run small

    He inclined to corpulence

  • rely on for support

    We can lean on this man

  • cause to lean to the side; list

    Erosion listed the old tree

    adj.

  • lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare; thin
  • lacking in mineral content or combustible material

    lean ore

    lean fuel

  • containing little excess; skimpy

    a lean budget

    a skimpy allowance

  • not profitable or prosperous

    a lean year

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

leans|leant|leaned|leaning|leaner|leanest
syn.: bend incline lanky meager narrow rest scant scrawny skinny slant slender slight slim slope spare thin tip
ant.: fat fertile plump rich stout