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leaned

lean
L l

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [leen]
    • /lin/
    • /liːn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [leen]
    • /lin/

Definitions of leaned word

  • verb without object leaned to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window. 1
  • verb without object leaned to incline, as in a particular direction; slant: The post leans to the left. The building leaned sharply before renovation. 1
  • verb without object leaned to incline in feeling, opinion, action, etc.: to lean toward socialism. 1
  • verb without object leaned to rest against or on something for support: to lean against a wall. 1
  • verb without object leaned to depend or rely (usually followed by on or upon): someone he could lean on in an emergency. 1
  • verb with object leaned to incline or bend: He leaned his head forward. 1

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Origin of leaned

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English lenen, Old English hleonian, hlinian; cognate with G. lehnen; akin to Latin clīnāre to incline, Greek klī́nein

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Leaned

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

leaned popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 67% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

leaned usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for leaned

noun leaned

  • inclined — deviating in direction from the horizontal or vertical; sloping.
  • listed — made of selvages or strips of cloth.
  • graded — Simple past tense and past participle of grade.
  • cambered — Having camber.
  • bent — Bent is the past tense and past participle of bend.

adjective leaned

  • spared — to refrain from harming or destroying; leave uninjured; forbear to punish, hurt, or destroy: to spare one's enemy.
  • bared — without covering or clothing; naked; nude: bare legs.
  • shadowed — of or relating to a shadow cabinet.
  • stilted — stiffly dignified or formal, as speech or literary style; pompous.

verb leaned

  • bowed — Something that is bowed is curved.
  • drifted — Simple past tense and past participle of drift.
  • nodded — to make a slight, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command.
  • propped — to support, or prevent from falling, with or as if with a prop (often followed by up): to prop an old fence; to prop up an unpopular government.
  • twisted — to combine, as two or more strands or threads, by winding together; intertwine.

Antonyms for leaned

adjective leaned

  • fatted — having too much flabby tissue; corpulent; obese: a fat person.

verb leaned

  • ascended — to move, climb, or go upward; mount; rise: The airplane ascended into the clouds.
  • energized — Simple past tense and past participle of energize.
  • forgot — a simple past tense and past participle of forget.
  • increased — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.

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