to lean

Synonyms

bend incline stoop

Examples

In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself. Laurence Sterne

Women always need other women to lean on. They become friends in order to hate each other better. The more they hate each other, the more inseparable they become. Herta Müller

At best, in such depression times, monetary policy is a feeble reed on which to lean. John Kenneth Galbraith

If you want to lean on a tree, first make sure it can hold you. African Proverb

It is bad to lean against a falling wall. Danish Proverb

The hedge is trodden down where it seems to lean. Latin Proverb

Words in the phrase

to lean

Close letter words and terms

To lay to lay out to lead off with To learn to leave To lend