leaning
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an inclination to do something
he felt leanings toward frivolity
Types & categories
- inclination hypernym
Related & opposite
- incline derivation
Sense 2 adjective
departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
the leaning tower of Pisa
Related & opposite
- inclined similar to
Sense 3 noun
a natural inclination
he has a proclivity for exaggeration
Types & categories
- inclination hypernym
Sense 4 noun
the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
the tower had a pronounced tilt
Types & categories
- spatial relation hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
the act of deviating from a vertical position
Types & categories
- human action hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | incline |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | inclination |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | inclined |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | inclination |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | lean |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | slope |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | tilt |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | heel |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | spatial relation |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | human action |