to incline or bend from a vertical position

She leaned out the window.

to incline, as in a particular direction; slant

The post leans to the left. The building leaned sharply before renovation.

to incline in feeling, opinion, action, etc.

to lean toward socialism.

to rest against or on something for support

to lean against a wall.

to depend or rely (usually fol. by on or upon )

someone he could lean on in an emergency.

to incline or bend

He leaned his head forward.

to cause to lean or rest; prop

to lean a chair against the railing.

the act or state of leaning; inclination

The tower has a pronounced lean.

lean on, Informal .

to exert influence or pressure on in order to gain cooperation, maintain discipline, or the like

The state is leaning on the company to clean up its industrial wastes.

to criticize, reprimand, or punish

I would have enjoyed school more if the teachers hadn't leaned on me so much.

lean over backward(s). bend 1 ( def. 20 ) .

adjective

fat , plump

verb

straighten , dislike , not like , disregard , forget

adjective

angular , anorexic , barren , beanpole * , bony , emaciated , gangling , gangly , gaunt , haggard , inadequate , infertile , lank , lanky , meager , no fat , pitiful , poor , rangy , rawboned , scanty , scraggy , scrawny , shadow * , sinewy , skinny , slender , slim , spare , sparse , stick , stilt , stringy , svelte , sylphlike , twiggy , unfruitful , unproductive , wasted , wiry , wizened , wornnotes:lean means thin or without excess fat or containing little excess , while a lien is the right to take or sell another\'s property if an obligation is not met , fleshless , weedy , compendious , concise , laconic , short , succinct , summary , terse , attenuated , bare , deficient , marcid , scant , tabescent , thin , unremunerative

verb

bear on , beetle , be off , be slanted , bow , cant , careen , cock , curve , decline , deflect , dip , divert , drift , droop , fasten on , hang on , heel , incline , jut , list , nod , overhang , pitch , place , prop , put weight on , recline , repose , rest , rest on , roll , sag , sheer , sink , slant , slope , tilt , tip , turn , twist , veernotes:lean means thin or without excess fat or containing little excess , while a lien is the right to take or sell another\'s property if an obligation is not met , be prone , be willing , favor , gravitate toward , have propensity , look , not mind , prefer , tendnotes:lean means thin or without excess fat or containing little excess , bank on * , believe in , bet bottom dollar , bet on , confide , gamble on , have faith , hinge on , lay money on , put faith in , rely , trustnotes:lean means thin or without excess fat or containing little excess , rake , squint , trend , bare , bend , deficient , depend , emaciated , gaunt , inadequate , lank , lanky , meager , nonfat , poor , pressure , rawboned , scant , scanty , scrawny , skinny , slender , slim , spare , stoop , tend , thin , unproductive , wiry

noun

cant , grade , gradient , heel , incline , list , rake , slant , slope , tilt , tip