leaning


leaning (http://definr.com/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
     n 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 deviating from a vertical position