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leaning

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?li?n??/
  • Rhymes: -i?n??
  • Hyphenation: lean?ing

Etymology 1

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

Noun

leaning (plural leanings)

  1. A tendency or propensity.
    a man of socialist leanings

Translations

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

leaning

  1. present participle of lean

Anagrams

  • aneling, eanling, lignane, nealing

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leafing

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?li?f??/

Verb

leafing

  1. present participle of leaf

Noun

leafing (plural leafings)

  1. The act of one who leafs through something.
    • 2013, John le Carré, A Delicate Truth
      Each of them branded on his memory thanks to mindless leafings through the greasy hotel guidebook.

Anagrams

  • Lai-feng, Laifeng, faeling, fealing, finagle, fleaing

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