LEAN TOWARDS (SOMETHING)

Meaning of LEAN TOWARDS (SOMETHING) in English

lean towards something phrasal verb ( see also ↑ lean )

to tend to support, or begin to support, a particular set of opinions, beliefs etc:

Canada, the UK and Japan leant towards the US view.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

TOWARDS — vers; contra
English interlingue dictionary
TOWARDS — (Prepositional element (alang kang, hangtud sa, etc.)) ngadto sa;paingon sa
English-Visayan vocabulary
TOWARDS — I. adjective see: toward II. preposition see: toward
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LEAN — I. ˈlēn verb ( leaned ˈlēnd, chiefly Brit ˈlent ; or chiefly British leant ˈlent ; leaned or chiefly British …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOWARDS — -dz adverb Etymology: Middle English towardes, from towardes, adjective, toward archaic : forward , onward
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOWARDS — (prep. & adv.) See Toward.
Английский словарь Webster
TOWARDS — (adv.) Near; at hand; in state of preparation.
Английский словарь Webster
TOWARDS — (prep.) Near; about; approaching to.
Английский словарь Webster
LEAN — (v. i.) Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used …
Английский словарь Webster
LEAN — ( v. i. ) Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAN — lean 1 /leen/ , v. , leaned or ( esp. Brit. ) leant; leaning; n. v.i. 1. to incline or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAN — I. ˈlēn verb ( leaned ˈlēnd, chiefly Brit ˈlent ; lean·ing ˈlē-niŋ) Etymology: Middle English lenen, from Old English hleonian; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TOWARDS — prep in the direction of; to. 2. towards ·prep near; about; approaching to. 3. towards ·adv near; at hand; in …
Webster English vocab
LEAN — noun unremunerative copy or work. 2. lean ·vt to conceal. 3. lean ·noun that part of flesh which consist principally …
Webster English vocab
LEAN — [lean] vb leaned ; lean.ing [ME lenen, fr. OE hleonian; akin to OHG hlinen to lean, Gk klinein, L clinare] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TOWARDS — towards BrE AmE tə ˈwɔːdz tu-; tɔːdz AmE \ tɔːrdz toʊrdz; tə ˈwɔːrdz, twɔːrdz, twoʊrdz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TOWARDS — / təˈwɔːdz; NAmE tɔːrdz/ (also to·ward / təˈwɔːd; NAmE tɔːrd/ especially in NAmE ) preposition 1. in the direction of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMETHING — / ˈsʌmθɪŋ; NAmE / pronoun , adverb ■ pronoun 1. a thing that is not known or mentioned by name …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LEAN — / liːn; NAmE / verb , adjective , noun ■ verb ( leaned , leaned ) ( BrE also leant …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOWARDS
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOMETHING
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LEAN — I. lean 1 S3 /liːn/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle leaned or leant /lent/ especially British …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TOWARDS — prep. 1 in the direction of (set out towards town). 2 as regards; in relation to (his attitude towards death). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LEAN — adj. & n. --adj. 1 (of a person or animal) thin; having no superfluous fat. 2 (of meat) containing little …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LEAN — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. leaned or leant) 1 intr. & tr. (often foll. by across, back, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TOWARDS — prep. 1 in the direction of (set out towards town). 2 as regards; in relation to (his attitude towards death). …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LEAN — adj. & n. adj. 1 (of a person or animal) thin; having no superfluous fat. 2 (of meat) containing little …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LEAN — v. & n. v. (past and past part. leaned or leant) 1 intr. & tr. (often foll. by across, back, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TOWARDS — prep. 1. in the direction of (set out towards town). 2 as regards; in relation to (his attitude towards death). …
Oxford English vocab
LEAN — 1. v. & n. --v. (past and past part. leaned or leant) 1. intr. & tr. (often foll. by across, …
Oxford English vocab
TOWARDS — or toward Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMETHING — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use something to refer to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LEAN — ( leans, leaning, leaned, leant, leaner, leanest) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOWARDS — preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES feel loyalty towards sb/sth ▪ Marco felt an intense loyalty to his native country. go …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMETHING — pronoun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES ... or anything/something spoken (= or something of the same kind ) ▪ Would you …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LEAN — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES lean back in your chair ▪ He leant back in his chair and took …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TOWARDS — (RELATION) UK and ANZ, [esp. US] toward preposition - in relation toThey've always been very friendly towards me.There has been …
Cambridge English vocab
SOMETHING — [pronoun] - an object, situation, quality or action which is not exactly known or statedThere's something sharp in my shoe.Something …
Cambridge English vocab
LEAN — Synonyms and related words : Lenten, Spartan, abstemious, acquiesce, agree, angular, angularity, arid, ascend, ascetic, austere, bad, bald, bank, bare, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LEAN — I. verb ADVERB ▪ heavily ▪ lightly ▪ slightly ▪ casually , comfortably , lazily , nonchalantly ▪ Kate ~ed …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TOWARDS — INDEX: 1. towards 2. to go or come towards someone or something 3. to go towards someone because you want …
Longman Activator English vocab
TOWARDS — See ↑ TOWARDS 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ behave towards • ↑ behaviour towards sb • ↑ come towards • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
TOWARDS — prep. 25B6; preposition they were driving towards her flat : IN THE DIRECTION OF, to; on the way to, on …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LEAN — n. 25B6; adjective a tall, lean man : SLIM, thin, slender, spare, wiry, lanky. a lean harvest : MEAGRE, sparse, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TOWARDS — prep. 1 toward, in the direction of, to; for, so as to approach or near, on the way or road …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LEAN — v. 1 rest (against or on or upon), be held up or supported by She leant her head on his …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LEAN — adj. 1 thin, slim, slender, rangy, spare, wiry, lanky, lank, skinny, angular, bony, raw-boned, gaunt, gangling, gangly, spare, meagre, skeletal, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
TOWARDS — предл. 1) к, по направлению к 2) к, по отношению к 3) указывает на цель действия для; с тем, чтобы …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SOMETHING — 1. мест.; неопред.; как сущ. кое-что, нечто, что-нибудь, что-то; до некоторой степени He is something of an artist. ≈ Он …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LEAN — I 1. прил. 1) тощий, худощавый He is plump, not lean. ≈ Он полный, а не сухощавый. Syn : thin, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TOWARDS — towards.ogg təʹwɔ:dz = toward II
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SOMETHING — something.ogg 1. ʹsʌmθıŋ n 1. какая-л. должность, какое-л. положение ( где-л. ) he is something in the Record Office - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LEAN — lean.ogg _I 1. li:n n 1. 1> постное мясо, постная часть мясной туши 2> что-л. невыгодное; низкооплачиваемая работа 2. полигр. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TOWARDS — 1) к 2) на 3) навстречу • - verge towards
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
LEAN — 1) бедный 2) десорбированный 3) отработанный 4) слабый 5) сухой 6) тощий 7) худой • lean molding sand — тощий формовочный песок - lean clay - lean coal - lean gas - …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
TOWARDS — towards предл.1) к, по направлению к I turned towards home. — Я повернул по направлению к дому. towards the south …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SOMETHING — 1. ʹsʌmθıŋ n 1. какая-л. должность, какое-л. положение ( где-л. ) he is something in the Record Office - он …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LEAN — _I 1. li:n n 1. 1> постное мясо, постная часть мясной туши 2> что-л. невыгодное; низкооплачиваемая работа 2. полигр. светлый …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TOWARDS — предл. 1) к, по направлению к I turned towards home. — Я повернул по направлению к дому. towards the south …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
LEAN — I 1. прил. 1) тощий, худощавый He is plump, not lean. — Он полный, а не сухощавый. Syn: thin , …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
TOWARDS — предл. 1) к, по направлению к I turned towards home. — Я повернул по направлению к дому. towards the south — к югу 2) …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
LEAN — I 1. прил. 1) тощий, худощавый He is plump, not lean. — Он полный, а не сухощавый. Syn: thin, spare 2. 2) постный, содержащий небольшое количество …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
TOWARDS — _prep. 1> к, по направлению к; he edged towards the door - он пробирался к двери; the windows look towards …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
LEAN — _I 1. _a. 1> тощий, худой 2> постный (о мясе) 3> скудный; lean years - неурожайные годы 4> бедный (о …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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