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{
"term": "lean",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "lean",
"heSheIt": "leans"
},
"pastSimple": "leaned",
"pastParticiple": "leaned",
"ingForm": "leaning"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to bend or move from a straight position to a sloping position",
"sensetop": "lean (+ adv./prep.)",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I leaned back in my chair."
},
{
"text": "She leaned forward and whispered something in his ear."
},
{
"text": "He leaned over and kissed her."
},
{
"text": "She leaned in to listen."
},
{
"text": "A man was leaning out of the window."
},
{
"text": "The tower is leaning dangerously."
},
{
"text": "The youth leaned down and lifted the child onto his shoulders."
},
{
"text": "I leaned across the table for the cereal packet."
},
{
"text": "She leaned casually over the railings."
},
{
"text": "He leaned closer, lowering his voice."
},
{
"text": "She leaned into the open doorway."
},
{
"text": "He leaned towards her."
},
{
"text": "She leaned forward eagerly to listen to him."
},
{
"text": "He leaned precariously out of the window."
},
{
"text": "She leaned to one side."
},
{
"text": "He was leaning confidentially across the table."
},
{
"text": "The taxi driver leaned through his window."
},
{
"text": "Women and children leaned from the windows of the surrounding tenements."
},
{
"text": "Their heads were forward, their bodies leaning, tilted into the strong wind."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["heavily"],
"preposition": ["across", "against", "from"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to rest on or against something for support",
"sensetop": "lean against somethinglean on something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "A shovel was leaning against the wall.",
"contextForm": "lean against something"
},
{
"text": "The man was **leaning heavily** on a stick.",
"contextForm": "lean on something"
},
{
"text": "Kate leaned comfortably against the wall."
},
{
"text": "He walked slowly, leaning on his daughter's arm."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["heavily"],
"preposition": ["across", "against", "from"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to make something rest against something in a sloping position",
"sensetop": "lean something against somethinglean something on something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Can I lean my bike against the wall?",
"contextForm": "lean something against something"
},
{
"text": "She leaned her head against his shoulder."
},
{
"text": "He leaned his elbows on the table and sighed.",
"contextForm": "lean something on something"
},
{
"text": "She sat down and leaned her chin on her right hand."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["heavily"],
"preposition": ["across", "against", "from"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to make a great effort, especially in order to be helpful or fair",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I've bent over backwards to help him."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/liːn/",
"audio": "le/lean/lean__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/liːnz/",
"audio": "le/lean/leans__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/liːnd/",
"audio": "le/lean/leaned__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/lent/",
"audio": "le/lean/lent__gb_4.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈliːnɪŋ/",
"audio": "le/lean/leaning__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/liːn/",
"audio": "le/lean/lean__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/liːnz/",
"audio": "le/lean/leans__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/liːnd/",
"audio": "le/lean/leaned__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/lent/",
"audio": "le/lean/leant__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈliːnɪŋ/",
"audio": "le/lean/leaning__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "verb Old English hleonian, hlinian, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch leunen and German lehnen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin inclinare and Greek klinein."
}