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leaning
(mass) | leaning
- tendencia |
leaning
(encz) | leaning,sklon n: Zdeněk Brož |
leaning
(encz) | leaning,tendence n: Zdeněk Brož |
Leaning
(gcide) | Lean \Lean\ (l[=e]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Leaned (l[=e]nd),
sometimes Leant (l[e^]nt); p. pr. & vb. n. Leaning.] [OE.
lenen, AS. hlinian, hleonian, v. i.; akin to OS. hlin[=o]n,
D. leunen, OHG. hlin[=e]n, lin[=e]n, G. lehnen, L. inclinare,
Gr. kli`nein, L. clivus hill, slope. [root]40. Cf.
Declivity, Climax, Incline, Ladder.]
1. To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to
be in a position thus inclining or deviating; as, she
leaned out at the window; a leaning column. "He leant
forward." --Dickens.
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2. To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; --
with to, toward, etc.
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They delight rather to lean to their old customs.
--Spenser.
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3. To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; --
with on, upon, or against.
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He leaned not on his fathers but himself.
--Tennyson.
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Leaning
(gcide) | Leaning \Lean"ing\, n.
The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a
leaning towards Calvinism.
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leaning
(wn) | leaning
adj 1: departing or being caused to depart from the true
vertical or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the
headstones were tilted" [syn: atilt, canted,
leaning, tilted, tipped]
n 1: an inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward
frivolity" [syn: leaning, propensity, tendency]
2: a natural inclination; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration"
[syn: proclivity, propensity, leaning]
3: the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from
the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship
developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy
inclination to the right" [syn: tilt, list,
inclination, lean, leaning]
4: the act of deviating from a vertical position |
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cleaning
(mass) | cleaning
- čistenie |
cleaning
(encz) | cleaning,čistění Zdeněk Brožcleaning,čisticí adj: Zdeněk Brožcleaning,čištění n: Zdeněk Brožcleaning,uklízení n: Zdeněk Brož |
cleaning implement
(encz) | cleaning implement, n: |
cleaning lady
(encz) | cleaning lady, n: |
cleaning pad
(encz) | cleaning pad, n: |
cleaning woman
(encz) | cleaning woman, n: |
dry cleaning
(encz) | dry cleaning,chemické čistění n: Zdeněk Brož |
gas cleaning
(encz) | gas cleaning,čištění plynů [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
housecleaning
(encz) | housecleaning,čistka n: Zdeněk Brožhousecleaning,reorganizace n: Zdeněk Brož |
leaning tower
(encz) | leaning tower,šikmá věž w |
leanings
(encz) | leanings,sklony n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
public cleaning
(encz) | public cleaning,čištění města [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
self-cleaning
(encz) | self-cleaning,samočisticí adj: Zdeněk Brož |
slash-and-burn cleaning
(encz) | slash-and-burn cleaning,žďáření n: [id.] [eko.] Jirka Daněk |
spring-cleaning
(encz) | spring-cleaning,jarní úklid Zdeněk Brož |
Cleaning
(gcide) | Cleaning \Clean"ing\, n.
1. The act of making clean.
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2. The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc. --Gardner.
[1913 Webster]Clean \Clean\ (kl[=e]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cleaned
(kl[=e]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cleaning.] [See Clean, a.,
and cf. Cleanse.]
To render clean; to free from whatever is foul, offensive, or
extraneous; to purify; to cleanse.
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To clean out, to exhaust; to empty; to get away from (one)
all his money. [Colloq.] --De Quincey.
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Gleaning
(gcide) | Glean \Glean\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gleaned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gleaning.] [OE. glenen, OF. glener, glaner, F. glaner, fr.
LL. glenare; cf. W. glan clean, glanh?u to clean, purify, or
AS. gelm, gilm, a hand?ul.]
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1. To gather after a reaper; to collect in scattered or
fragmentary parcels, as the grain left by a reaper, or
grapes left after the gathering.
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To glean the broken ears after the man
That the main harvest reaps. --Shak.
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2. To gather from (a field or vineyard) what is left.
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3. To collect with patient and minute labor; to pick out; to
obtain.
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Content to glean what we can from . . . experiments.
--Locke.
[1913 Webster]Gleaning \Glean"ing\, n.
The act of gathering after reapers; that which is collected
by gleaning.
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Glenings of natural knowledge. --Cook.
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Leaning
(gcide) | Lean \Lean\ (l[=e]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Leaned (l[=e]nd),
sometimes Leant (l[e^]nt); p. pr. & vb. n. Leaning.] [OE.
lenen, AS. hlinian, hleonian, v. i.; akin to OS. hlin[=o]n,
D. leunen, OHG. hlin[=e]n, lin[=e]n, G. lehnen, L. inclinare,
Gr. kli`nein, L. clivus hill, slope. [root]40. Cf.
Declivity, Climax, Incline, Ladder.]
1. To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to
be in a position thus inclining or deviating; as, she
leaned out at the window; a leaning column. "He leant
forward." --Dickens.
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2. To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; --
with to, toward, etc.
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They delight rather to lean to their old customs.
--Spenser.
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3. To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; --
with on, upon, or against.
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He leaned not on his fathers but himself.
--Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]Leaning \Lean"ing\, n.
The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a
leaning towards Calvinism.
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cleaning
(wn) | cleaning
n 1: the act of making something clean; "he gave his shoes a
good cleaning" [syn: cleaning, cleansing, cleanup] |
cleaning device
(wn) | cleaning device
n 1: any of a large class of implements used for cleaning [syn:
cleaning implement, cleaning device, {cleaning
equipment}] |
cleaning equipment
(wn) | cleaning equipment
n 1: any of a large class of implements used for cleaning [syn:
cleaning implement, cleaning device, {cleaning
equipment}] |
cleaning implement
(wn) | cleaning implement
n 1: any of a large class of implements used for cleaning [syn:
cleaning implement, cleaning device, {cleaning
equipment}] |
cleaning lady
(wn) | cleaning lady
n 1: a human female employed to do housework; "the char will
clean the carpet"; "I have a woman who comes in four hours
a day while I write" [syn: charwoman, char, {cleaning
woman}, cleaning lady, woman] |
cleaning pad
(wn) | cleaning pad
n 1: a pad used as a cleaning implement |
cleaning woman
(wn) | cleaning woman
n 1: a human female employed to do housework; "the char will
clean the carpet"; "I have a woman who comes in four hours
a day while I write" [syn: charwoman, char, {cleaning
woman}, cleaning lady, woman] |
dry cleaning
(wn) | dry cleaning
n 1: the act of cleaning (fabrics) with a solvent other than
water |
housecleaning
(wn) | housecleaning
n 1: (figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of
unwanted personnel or practices or conditions; "more
housecleaning is in store at other accounting firms"; "many
employees were discharged in a general housecleaning by the
new owners"
2: the act of cleaning the rooms and furnishings of a house;
"efficient housecleaning should proceed one room at a time" |
leaning tower
(wn) | Leaning Tower
n 1: a tall round marble campanile in Pisa that is not
perpendicular; construction was begun in 1174 [syn:
Leaning Tower, Leaning Tower of Pisa] |
leaning tower of pisa
(wn) | Leaning Tower of Pisa
n 1: a tall round marble campanile in Pisa that is not
perpendicular; construction was begun in 1174 [syn:
Leaning Tower, Leaning Tower of Pisa] |
spring-cleaning
(wn) | spring-cleaning
n 1: the activity of cleaning a house thoroughly at the end of
winter |
GLEANING
(bouvier) | GLEANING. The act of gathering such grain in a field where it grew, as may,
have been left by the reapers after the sheaves were gathered.
2. There is a custom in England, it is said, by which the poor are
allowed to enter and glean upon another's land after harvest without being
guilty of a trespass. 3 Bl. Com. 212 . But it has been decided that the
community are not entitled to claim this privilege as a right. 1 Hen. Bl.
51. In the United States, it is believed, no such right exists. This right
seems to have existed in some parts of France. Merl. Rep. mot Glanage. As to
whether gleaning would or would not amount to larceny, vide Woodf. Landl. &
Ten. 242; 2 Russ. on Cr. 99. The Jewish law may be found in the 19th chapter
of Leviticus, verses 9 and 10. See Ruth, ii. 2, 3; Isaiah, xvii. 6.
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