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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
leant
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
back
▪ Then she leant back and narrowed her eyes with concentration.
▪ Martin decided to abseil from the peg but as he leant back it came out.
▪ Steven folded his arms and leant back, feeling triumphant.
▪ I closed the door and leant back against it.
▪ I leant back against the stone balustrade and lit a cigarette.
▪ Philip leant back and picked them up.
▪ I leant back and looked at the seat of my trousers, checking that I had brushed off the mud.
▪ Taczek leant back, slung his arms behind his head and stretched his chunky arms as if waking from a deep sleep.
forward
▪ Then she leant forward - they were almost the same height - and caressed his cheek with her lips.
▪ Benton pulled the knife free of his belt, leant forward and touched the blade to Donna's left knee.
▪ A shiver passed through his whole body and then he leant forward and wept, head between his knees.
▪ Myeloski leant forward and put his hand on her arm to comfort her.
▪ He leant forward on the table, emphasising the points with a thin finger.
▪ He was wearing an overcoat and leant forward to protect himself against the biting wind.
▪ Neville leant forward to replace the glass and his nose cleaved through the veil of shadow, a stark white triangle.
▪ Dimly making out figures, he leant forward on his mount, and a volley of fire tore him to the ground.
over
▪ He leant over the church wall and Uncle Walter's helmet tipped forward.
▪ As the truck filled we leant over the side and talked about our trips.
▪ I sat up and leant over him and grabbed my bag.
▪ She leant over to him as he fastened it around her throat.
▪ Miss Fogerty leant over the low dry-stone wall which separated the playground from the school-house garden.
▪ Alice leant over the carrying cot.
▪ I leant over to get a better view.
▪ Sergeant-Chef Gibeau leant over, tapped me on the forefinger with a table knife and told me to do them up again.
■ NOUN
chair
▪ Jack leant back in his chair, put his feet on the desk and stared out of the window.
▪ Celia leant back in her chair.
desk
▪ He leant across the desk in a confidential manner, scanning the room shrewdly.
▪ I leant on the desk, using one arm, hand clenched.
table
▪ He leant forward on the table, emphasising the points with a thin finger.
▪ Dexter leant forward across the table to hear better what was about to be said.
▪ He leant earnestly across the table.
wall
▪ The woman leant heavily into the wall.
▪ I sat down and leant against the wall, trying to decide what to do.
▪ He leant over the church wall and Uncle Walter's helmet tipped forward.
▪ It's because I leant against the wall at the end of the corridor and watched them.
▪ I just leant against the wall by the door.
▪ His chest felt intolerably tight, and he leant against the passage wall to allow the tension to subside.
▪ In the moist warmth of the evening, she leant against the wall which encircled the Palazzo.
▪ She closed her eyes and leant against the wall waiting for the wave of dizziness to subside.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But she leant up on her elbow and looked down into his face and knew the truth of it.
▪ He leant over the church wall and Uncle Walter's helmet tipped forward.
▪ I just leant against the wall by the door.
▪ In the moist warmth of the evening, she leant against the wall which encircled the Palazzo.
▪ Martin decided to abseil from the peg but as he leant back it came out.
▪ She leant over to him as he fastened it around her throat.
▪ Then she leant back and narrowed her eyes with concentration.
▪ They leant against the gate, not expecting trouble as they joked between themselves.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Leant

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.

Wiktionary
leant

vb. (context chiefly UK English) (en-past of: lean)

WordNet
lean
  1. v. to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister" [syn: tilt, tip, slant, angle]

  2. cause to lean or incline; "He leaned his rifle against the wall"

  3. have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence" [syn: tend, be given, incline, run]

  4. rely on for support; "We can lean on this man"

  5. cause to lean to the side; "Erosion listed the old tree" [syn: list]

  6. [also: leant]

lean
  1. adj. lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare [syn: thin] [ant: fat]

  2. lacking in mineral content or combustible material; "lean ore"; "lean fuel" [ant: rich]

  3. containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance" [syn: skimpy]

  4. low in mineral content; "a lean ore"

  5. not profitable or prosperous; "a lean year"

  6. [also: leant]

lean
  1. n. 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, leaning]

  2. [also: leant]

leant

See lean

Usage examples of "leant".

Wells steered them up the stairs to the canteen, then leant over to Frost, lowering his voice.

He leant his head back on the cushion and closed his eyes for a second.

He leant over to help Liz, but she ignored him, insisting on climbing over on her own and then offering her hand to Burton who was making heavy weather of it.

Harding leant across and fast-forwarded the rest of the tape on cue and review.

He saw she was having trouble in striking a match, so leant across with his lighter.

Dunn looked round to make sure the door was shut, then leant across the desk to Frost, his voice lowered.

Frost leant over him and pointed to the near-naked girl on the settee, who was stroking her breasts with feathery fingers and grinning inanely.

He looked from side to side, as if checking on eavesdroppers, then leant over the table, lowering his voice.

Frost leant back and gazed up at the roof of the car for inspiration, but none came.

She leant forward with her elbow on the saddle and her chin in the small gauntletted hand, looked up the valley absently and then back at him, with a frank speculation in her eyes which was too frank and calm to be flattering, and was, indeed, somewhat embarrassing.

He leant against one of the posts which supported the shed, and gazed at her with more intense interest than any other woman had ever aroused in him.

But it was not her undeniable beauty, or her dress and costly jewellery, which impressed Stafford so much as the proud, scornfully listless air with which she regarded him as she leant back indolently--and a little insolently--tapping the edge of the table with her glove.

Sir Stephen closed the door after him, then went back to the smoking-room and stood looking down at Falconer, who leant back in his chair with his cigar in his mouth and eyed Sir Stephen under half-closed lids with an expression which had something of mastery and power in it.

He smiled and leant back as if he had considered her strange, audacious proposal, and felt confident.

She leant back with her sunshade over her shoulder, and Stafford, as he slipped off his blazer and rowed out towards the centre of the lake, looked at her with unconscious admiration.