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(noun) the act deviating from a vertical position |
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Related Words: act, human action, human activity |
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(satellite adjective) resting against a support |
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(noun) an inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward frivolity" |
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Synonyms: propensity, tendency |
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Related Words: inclination |
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(satellite adjective) departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the headstones were tilted" |
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Synonyms: atilt, canted, tilted, tipped |
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(noun) a natural inclination; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration" |
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Synonyms: proclivity, propensity |
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Related Words: disposition, inclination, tendency |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: inclination, lean, list, tilt |
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Related Words: position, spatial relation |
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