{
    "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."
}