leaning

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːnɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -iːnɪŋ
• Hyphenation: lean‧ing

From Middle English lening, leninge, from Old English hlinung (“leaning; resting; place of rest”), equivalent to lean +‎ -ing.

leaning (plural leanings)

1. A tendency or propensity.

   a man of socialist leanings

From Middle English lenynge, lenand, from Old English *hliniende (suggested by Old English hliniend (“leaner, one who reclines”)), from Proto-Germanic *hlinjandz, present pariticple of Proto-Germanic *hlinjaną (“to lean”). Equivalent to lean +‎ -ing.

leaning

1. present participle of lean

• aneling, eanling, lignane, nealing