lean
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5.0
- noun
- /lin/
:
inclinación
- Make a lean-to with sloping doors or strong boards rested against an inner wall.
- forward lean
- body lean
So we're performing Smooth Criminal and we're getting ready to do the famous lean forward.
- So we're performing Smooth Criminal and we're getting ready to do the famous lean forward.
Examples
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When I was a child, the cemetery with its leaning, mossy headstones frightened me.
Fiction book (1997) -
"His wife, Allie, unlatched the door to the old lean-to back porch and looked out.
Fiction book (1995) -
Taking her pack, she entered the stone lean-to where she had hidden to write once before.
Fiction book (1994) -
To be fair, the smells did seep in from the lean-to shed off the kitchen.
Fiction book (1994) -
Rows of stones: many old, weathered, leaning; others polished, straight, names and dates still clear.
Fiction book (1997) -
The construction workers used strong beams to create a stable lean against the wall for support.
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During the storm, the tall tree had a noticeable lean that worried the homeowners.
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The architect designed the building with a distinctive lean that gave it a unique appearance.
Synonyms
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3.2
How much a line or surface tilts from flat ground
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9.1
A tilt of a ship or structure to one side
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2.8
A slant away from a straight or level position
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6.3
The angle or tilt of something compared with a flat line
How far an object leans from a straight up or straight across line
A line or surface that is at an angle to others
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
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6.7
A simple shelter with one sloping roof leaning against another building or standing alone
How Tilted
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lean (noun) is the tilt or slant that comes from the verb 'to lean'. So the building's lean is simply how much it bends or tilts to one side.