Definitions for leant

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Spelling: [lent]

IPA: /lɛnt/

Leant is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 75 anagrams from letters in leant (aelnt).

Definitions for leant

noun

1. the act or state of leaning; inclination:

verb

1. a past participle and simple past tense of lean1 .

Idioms

1. lean over backward(s). bend1 (def 21).

Verb phrases

1. lean in, to shift one's body weight forward or toward someone or something: to embrace risk, be assertive, etc., as to achieve the greatest level of success in the workplace:
2. lean on, Informal. to exert influence or pressure on in order to gain cooperation, maintain discipline, or the like: to criticize, reprimand, or punish:

verb (used with object)

1. to incline or bend:
2. to cause to lean or rest; prop:

verb (used without object)

1. to incline or bend from a vertical position:
2. to incline, as in a particular direction; slant:
3. to incline in feeling, opinion, action, etc.:
4. to rest against or on something for support:
5. to depend or rely (usually followed by on or upon):

Origin of leant

before 900; Middle English lenen, Old English hleonian, hlinian; cognate with G. lehnen; akin to Latin clīnāre to incline, Greek klī́nein

Examples for leant

He leant forward and brought his puzzled gaze to bear upon her.

Almost 50 nations signed on to the so-called “coalition of the willing” and leant at least some small degree of support.

The Biennale is always quite intense and feverish, but that heat leant an extra intensity, leant a few extra degrees to the fever.

She leant out of the window as if she were trying to see him more closely.

It has now leant its name to a shadowy cabal known within the German meat-processing industry as the Atlantic group.

He leaped up and ran to the top of the stairs and leant over the banisters.

They leant back against the cushions and looked at each other.

She peered out of the window, and then leant her head through the opening.

While many of these may have allowed Salt to blend in, they also leant a certain fashion cred to her style.

He leant across the table and took hold of one of Maggie's hands.