lean

/liːn/ verb (past tense and past participle leaned, also UK leant /lent/)

Definition

lean (sth) back/forward/out, etc › to move the top part of your body in a particular direction: She leaned forward and whispered in my ear. He was leaning out of the window. Lean your head back a bit.

(Definition of lean verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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