leaning adj
1: departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the headstones were tilted" [syn: atilt, canted, tilted, tipped]
2: resting against a support (noun)
1: an inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward frivolity" [syn: propensity, tendency]
2: a natural inclination; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration" [syn: proclivity, propensity]
3: the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right" [syn: tilt, list, inclination, lean]
4: the act of deviating from a vertical position