leant

[ lent ]
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verbChiefly British.
  1. a past participle and simple past tense of lean1.

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How to use leant in a sentence

  • He leant against the wall of his refuge, notwithstanding this boast, and licked the ice to moisten his parched lips.

    The Giant of the North | R.M. Ballantyne
  • The old man, grizzled, tanned and seamed, leant weakly against the parapet.

  • Aristide, aglow with a sudden impudent inspiration, leant across the marble table.

  • Haggard leant from the window, waving his hand; his wife gazed after the vanishing train, standing like Niobe, dissolved in tears.

  • His cousin amused, stimulated her beyond anything Tom could offer; she sought protection from him, leant upon him.

    The Wave | Algernon Blackwood

British Dictionary definitions for leant

leant

/ (lɛnt) /


verb
  1. a past tense and past participle of lean 1

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