Lean \Lean\ (l[=e]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Leaned} (l[=e]nd), sometimes {Leant} (l[e^]nt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Leaning}.] [OE. lenen, AS. hlinian, hleonian, v. i.; akin to OS. hlin[=o]n, D. leunen, OHG. hlin[=e]n, lin[=e]n, G. lehnen, L. inclinare, Gr. kli`nein, L. clivus hill, slope. [root]40. Cf. {Declivity}, {Climax}, {Incline}, {Ladder}.] 1. To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating; as, she leaned out at the window; a leaning column. ``He leant forward.'' --Dickens.
2. To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; -- with to, toward, etc.
They delight rather to lean to their old customs. --Spenser.
3. To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; -- with on, upon, or against.
He leaned not on his fathers but himself. --Tennyson.
Mrs. Dukakis, who likes to shop while on campaign trips, leaned over and said, "We haven't discussed it." Dukakis was returning to Boston on a commercial commuter flight Monday night and planned to be back in his Statehouse offices Tuesday.
The car stopped, the woman leaned into the open window and handed over some money.
About 15 minutes later, Morris leaned forward in his chair, pointed his finger at another witness and accused him of lying about the events on the night of the shooting.
Then, as bailiffs were leading Pereira from the courtoom, Judge Adair Longhini leaned over the bench and asked again if the defendant committed the crime.
A consistently close presidential race has leaned toward Bush in the final days, but Gov. James Blanchard, who is working hard for Dukakis, contends that Bush's support was soft.
High-rise dwellers leaned from their windows to watch, store clerks stood in their doorways and the patients of one hospital emerged in blue-and-white-striped pajamas.
"It's like visiting the past," said Victor Kisin, a member of the Soviet parliament, who leaned against a lamp post listening to the discordant song.
A cousin from another branch of the family leaned over the pew to speak to the Naquins. "How're y'all," he drawle.
The neighborhood kids leaned against the kitchen cabinets in the house on Scully Street as his mother presided at discussions that sometimes spilled over to debates at Cook's ice-cream parlor and, later, the old Aloha Lounge.
After Mr. Jackson leaned on his horn, three men got out of the car and moved around toward his van.
New measurements by two Pisa University professors show the tower, which tilted by 0.046 inch in all of 1990, has leaned by another 0.039 inch since the beginning of this year.
Jackie Gleason's reading tastes leaned heavily toward offbeat subjects like UFOs, parapsychology and the occult _ 1,700 of 3,700 volumes in the late comedian's collection of books dealt with those topics.
Loudspeakers atop many vehicles urged a "yes" vote in the referendum, while drivers leaned on their horns.
The streets are all banged up," she said as she leaned on her plunger.
Fed policy-makers did leave room for further easing with a directive that leaned in that direction.
Also, the states that it said leaned toward Bush included New York, where most other recent polls have shown a slight Dukakis lead; and California, where most recent polls have found a tie.
Mr. Burlatsky said the Soviet president originally leaned toward urging deputies to delay the bill, fearing a brain drain and high costs associated with the new law.
One burly German, spotting Polish TV cameras, leaned out the window and shouted in heavily accented Polish, "Thank you, Polonia!" The sentiment was repeated by West German Ambassador Franz Joachim Schoeller after the train pulled out.
Robert Bork says the conservative direction of the Supreme Court with newest member Anthony Kennedy on board is little different from how the court would have leaned had he won confirmation instead.
In another incident that prompted private criticism from Saudis, a M-16 rifle leaned against a wall in a hotel restaurant slipped and fell to the floor, startling Saudis and Kuwaitis in the restaurant.
As the company matured, he leaned increasingly on Mr. Manzi, a McKinsey & Co. consultant who joined Lotus to head sales and marketing.
While frustrated New York motorists leaned on their horns, the president's party held fast while they awaited the first lady.
The Senate has traditionally leaned strongly toward such reductions, but some senators who have favored capital gains cuts in the past find the new proposal unacceptable because of the current budget deficit and its tilt to the wealthy.
Some people believe Shearson leaned too heavily on analyst rankings.
And Rep. Jim Wright, Senator Cranston and others leaned on regulators to make sure they didn't clip the wings of highfliers.
I leaned against a litter bin until the dizzy spell has passed.
But there isn't. They were cheated, but they weren't smart enough to realise.' I leaned back and prepared for the ride ahead.
I put on the record and leaned in a bit as if to the Delphic oracle.
Instead, the MITI vice minister for international affairs leaned back, cocked his head and grinned.
He leaned on us for advice, which was unheard of in the first term." Dukakis leaned on nobody for advice in his first term.