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Associations of "Leant" (30 Words)
| angle | Direct or incline at an angle. From this angle Maggie could not see Naomi s face. |
| axis | The alliance of Germany and Italy formed before and during the Second World War, later extended to include Japan and other countries. The Anglo American axis. |
| banister | The structure formed by the uprights and handrail at the side of a staircase. She peered over the banisters. |
| bend | Bend a joint. The road bends. |
| bending | The act of bending something. |
| bow | Play on a string instrument with a bow. He pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line. |
| condescend | Treat condescendingly. Take care not to condescend to your reader. |
| corner | Solid exterior angle of a building especially one formed by a cornerstone. Corner the gold market. |
| crouch | A crouching stance or posture. Leo was crouched before the fire. |
| elevator | A shoe with a raised insole designed to make the wearer appear taller. In the harbour a giant elevator stores prairie grain. |
| ellipticity | The degree of deviation from circularity (or sphericity). |
| escalator | A moving staircase consisting of an endlessly circulating belt of steps driven by a motor, which conveys people between the floors of a public building. |
| fold | Be able to be opened out unfold. Fold up the newspaper. |
| gangling | Tall and thin and having long slender limbs. A gangling teenager. |
| hypotenuse | The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle. |
| incline | An inclined surface connecting two levels. He inclined his ear to the wise old man. |
| landing | The act of coming down to the earth (or other surface. The plane made a smooth landing. |
| obliquity | The quality of being deceptive. |
| recumbent | (of a plant) growing close to the ground. Recumbent shrubs. |
| refraction | The fact or phenomenon of light, radio waves, etc. being deflected in passing obliquely through the interface between one medium and another or through a medium of varying density. |
| skew | Neither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line askew crooked. The picture was skew. |
| slant | A sloping position. Democrats argued that the station s coverage was slanted towards Republicans. |
| staircase | A way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps. A mirrored staircase. |
| stoop | Bend one’s head or body forwards and downwards. The eagle stooped on the mice in the field. |
| swerve | An erratic deflection from an intended course. Do not make sudden swerves particularly around parked vehicles. |
| tend | Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something be inclined. The orbit tends to infinity. |
| theta | The eighth star in a constellation. Theta Draconis. |
| tilt | A combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances. The floor tilted slightly. |
| wizened | Lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness-W.F.Starkie. A wizened weather beaten old man. |
| yaw | Swerve off course momentarily. The ship yawed when the huge waves hit it. |