"lean" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

lean verbo

verbo + lean
Kolokacji: 6
stand leaning • sit leaning • start leaning • left leaning • remain leaning • ...
lean + preposición
Kolokacji: 41
lean against • lean on • lean over • lean toward • lean out • lean down • lean into • lean across • lean towards • lean up • lean back • ...
lean + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 72
lean forward • lean heavily • lean closer • lean slightly • lean far • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 15
(6) casually, nonchalantly
Kolokacji: 2
(7) wearily, tiredly
Kolokacji: 2
(11) weakly, strongly
Kolokacji: 2
1. lean precariously = oprzyj się będąc niepewnym jutra lean precariously
  • Vinh leaned precariously out from the stairs, trying to make sense of what he saw within the room.
  • They hung on the walls and leaned precariously against closet doors.
  • Some of the timbers had given way on the north side, causing it to lean precariously.
  • He left her office then, not looking back, ducking past the door leaning precariously in the doorway.
  • People leaned precariously out of windows to watch them pass, cheering wildly, and still paying very little attention to her.
  • The archers stepped forward, leaned precariously out over the wall, and let fly.
  • Data once again leaned precariously into the shaft, holding the tricorder before him.
  • There, his daughter leaned precariously over the railing, doing her best to reach a tree some feet away.
  • Before the light died, tall pines leaned precariously, then it went dark.
  • As we passed the field nearest the road, I leaned somewhat precariously over the edge of the cart to get a closer look.
2. lean dangerously = oprzyj się niebezpiecznie lean dangerously
3. lean perilously = oprzyj się niebezpiecznie lean perilously
(13) lazily, idly
Kolokacji: 2
(14) simply, merely
Kolokacji: 2
(15) gracefully, awkwardly
Kolokacji: 2

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