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LEANT: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for LEANT?

Need another word that means the same as “leant”? Find 30 related words for “leant” in this overview.

Associations of "Leant" (30 Words)

angleDirect or incline at an angle.
From this angle Maggie could not see Naomi s face.
axisThe 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.
banisterThe structure formed by the uprights and handrail at the side of a staircase.
She peered over the banisters.
bendBend a joint.
The road bends.
bendingThe act of bending something.
bowPlay on a string instrument with a bow.
He pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line.
condescendTreat condescendingly.
Take care not to condescend to your reader.
cornerSolid exterior angle of a building especially one formed by a cornerstone.
Corner the gold market.
crouchA crouching stance or posture.
Leo was crouched before the fire.
elevatorA shoe with a raised insole designed to make the wearer appear taller.
In the harbour a giant elevator stores prairie grain.
ellipticityThe degree of deviation from circularity (or sphericity).
escalatorA moving staircase consisting of an endlessly circulating belt of steps driven by a motor, which conveys people between the floors of a public building.
foldBe able to be opened out unfold.
Fold up the newspaper.
ganglingTall and thin and having long slender limbs.
A gangling teenager.
hypotenuseThe side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
inclineAn inclined surface connecting two levels.
He inclined his ear to the wise old man.
landingThe act of coming down to the earth (or other surface.
The plane made a smooth landing.
obliquityThe quality of being deceptive.
recumbent(of a plant) growing close to the ground.
Recumbent shrubs.
refractionThe 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.
skewNeither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line askew crooked.
The picture was skew.
slantA sloping position.
Democrats argued that the station s coverage was slanted towards Republicans.
staircaseA way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps.
A mirrored staircase.
stoopBend one’s head or body forwards and downwards.
The eagle stooped on the mice in the field.
swerveAn erratic deflection from an intended course.
Do not make sudden swerves particularly around parked vehicles.
tendHave a tendency or disposition to do or be something be inclined.
The orbit tends to infinity.
thetaThe eighth star in a constellation.
Theta Draconis.
tiltA combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances.
The floor tilted slightly.
wizenedLean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness-W.F.Starkie.
A wizened weather beaten old man.
yawSwerve off course momentarily.
The ship yawed when the huge waves hit it.
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