Antonyms for leaning on

Grammar : Adv, verb

Spell : leen

Phonetic Transcription : lin

Definition of leaning on

Origin : c.1200, from Old English hleonian "to bend, recline, lie down, rest," from Proto-Germanic *khlinen (cf. Old Saxon hlinon, Old Frisian lena, Middle Dutch lenen, Dutch leunen, Old High German hlinen, German lehnen "to lean"), from PIE root *klei- "to lean, to incline" (cf. Sanskrit srayati "leans," sritah "leaning;" Old Persian cay "to lean;" Lithuanian slyti "to slope," slieti "to lean;" Latin clinare "to lean, bend," clivus "declivity," inclinare "cause to bend," declinare "bend down, turn aside;" Greek klinein "to cause to slope, slant, incline;" Old Irish cloin "crooked, wrong;" Middle Irish cle, Welsh cledd "left," literally "slanting;" Welsh go-gledd "north," literally "left" -- for similar sense evolution, see Yemen, Benjamin, southpaw).
Meaning "to incline the body against something for support" is mid-13c. Figurative sense of "to trust for support" is from early 13c. Sense of "to lean toward mentally, to favor" is from late 14c. Related: Leaned; leaning. Colloquial lean on "put pressure on" (someone) is first recorded 1960.

As in on : adv in contact; ahead of
As in intimidate : verb frighten, threaten
As in maul : verb mangle, abuse
As in menace : verb bother, frighten
As in press : verb pressure, trouble
As in pressure : verb bother, urge
As in push : verb incite, urge
As in raid : verb attack, pillage
As in rebuke : verb reprimand; criticize harshly
As in bank on : verb depend upon
As in squeeze : verb try to get money out of
As in trust : verb believe, place confidence in
As in count on : verb rely
As in browbeat : verb castigate, nag
As in bully : verb intimidate, push around
As in castigate : verb criticize severely
As in chastise : verb scold, discipline
As in rely on : verb depend
As in coerce : verb compel, press
As in count on/count upon : verb depend on; rely
As in cow : verb browbeat, intimidate
As in depend : verb count on, rely upon
As in dissuade : verb talk out of
As in drive : verb move or urge on
As in enforce : verb put a rule, plan in force
As in exact : verb demand, call for
As in hurt : verb cause mental pain

Synonyms for leaning on

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