lean towards in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for lean towards in the English»French Dictionary

lean towards VB [Brit liːn -, Am lin -] lit

lean towards

se pencher vers

lean towards fig person, party, object:

pencher vers

Translations for lean towards in the English»French Dictionary

I.lean [Brit liːn, Am lin] N (meat)

lean

maigre m

II.lean [Brit liːn, Am lin] ADJ

1. lean (not fat):

lean person, body, face

mince

lean meat

maigre

2. lean (difficult) fig:

lean year, times

difficile

to have a lean time or year

connaître les vaches maigres

two lean years

deux années de vaches maigres

3. lean (efficient):

lean company

dégraissé

III.lean <pret, pp leaned or leant> [Brit liːn, Am lin] VB trans

lean

appuyer

to lean a bike/ladder against a wall

appuyer un vélo/une échelle contre or à un mur

to lean one's head on sb's shoulder

appuyer sa tête sur or contre l'épaule de qn

to lean one's head out of the window

se pencher par la fenêtre, mettre la tête à la fenêtre

to lean one's elbows on sth

s'accouder à qc

to lean one's back against the wall

s'adosser au mur

IV.lean <pret, pp leaned or leant> [Brit liːn, Am lin] VB intr

lean wall, building:

lean

pencher

the bicycle/ladder was leaning against the wall

la bicyclette/l'échelle était appuyée contre le mur or au mur

to lean against a wall (for support)

s'appuyer contre un mur

to lean against a wall (with one's back)

s'adosser au mur

V.lean [Brit liːn, Am lin]

to have a lean time of it

manger de la vache enragée inf

lean towards in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for lean towards in the English»French Dictionary

I.lean¹ <leant, leant [or Am leaned, leaned]> [li:n] VB intr

1. lean (be inclined):

lean

pencher

to lean against sth

s'appuyer contre qc

2. lean fig (tend towards):

lean

avoir des tendances

to lean to the left/right

avoir des tendances de gauche/droite

II.lean¹ <leant, leant [or Am leaned, leaned]> [li:n] VB trans

lean

appuyer

to lean oneself

s'appuyer

to lean sth against sth

appuyer qc contre qc

lean² [li:n] ADJ

lean

maigre

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Often such villains lean towards comedy, and conflicts with them are generally resolved non-violently.

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While substantivists generally focus on institutions as their unit of analysis, culturalists lean towards detailed and comprehensive analyses of particular local communities.

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He argues that their theories lean towards philosophy and have more to do with the art of writing than with medicine.

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The lyrics lean towards the left-wing side of the political scale.

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One study found that 56% of philosophers accept or lean towards moral realism (28%: anti-realism; 16%: other).

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These arguments lean towards the nurture side of the argument- that language is acquired through sensory experience.

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The sympathetic nervous system causes the balance of the autonomic system to lean towards narrowing of blood vessels, with elimination of its function resulting in vasodilatation.

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His theories lean towards the basis that the span of human being existence is part of the universe design.

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Contemporary studies are undecided but lean towards this man being only short-sighted or having poor eyesight.

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In practice, there is little to distinguish the two parties from each other: both lean towards the centre of the political spectrum.

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