What is the meaning of leaning?

noun

• An inclination to do something.
  • usage: "he felt leanings toward frivolity"
  • synonyms: propensity, tendency
• A natural inclination.
  • usage: "he has a proclivity for exaggeration"
  • synonyms: proclivity, propensity
• 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"
  • synonyms: tilt, list, inclination, lean
• The act of deviating from a vertical position.

verb

• To incline or bend from a vertical position.
  • usage: "She leaned over the banister"
  • synonyms: lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle
• Cause to lean or incline.
  • usage: "He leaned his rifle against the wall"
  • synonyms: lean
• Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined.
  • usage: "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence"
  • synonyms: tend, be given, lean, incline, run
• Rely on for support.
  • usage: "We can lean on this man"
  • synonyms: lean
• Cause to lean to the side.
  • usage: "Erosion listed the old tree"
  • synonyms: list, lean

adjective

• Departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal.
  • usage: "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the headstones were tilted"
  • synonyms: atilt, canted, tilted, tipped