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LEAN AGAINST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lean against mean? 

LEAN AGAINST (verb)
  The verb LEAN AGAINST has 1 sense:

1. rest on for supportplay

  Familiarity information: LEAN AGAINST used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LEAN AGAINST (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Rest on for support

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

lean against; lean on; rest on

Context example:

you can lean on me if you get tired

Hypernyms (to "lean against" is one way to...):

adjoin; contact; meet; touch (be in direct physical contact with; make contact)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something


 Context examples 


No sooner did that idea cross my imagination, than I became convinced of its truth; my teeth chattered, and I was forced to lean against a tree for support.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Then arose in her the impulse to lean against him, to rest herself against his strength—a vague, half-formed impulse, which, even as she considered it, mastered her and made her lean toward him.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)



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