Englishlean1
verb
2 a line of palm trees leaning in the wind:
slant, incline, bend, tilt, be at an angle, slope, tip, bank, list, heel, careen, cant, bias, veer, sway, angle.
3 he leans toward existentialist philosophy:
tend, incline, gravitate, have a tendency;
have a propensity for, have a proclivity for, have a preference for, have a penchant for, be partial to, be attracted to, have a liking for, have an affinity with, be prone to.
4 Jack had always been there, a strong shoulder to lean on:
depend, be dependent, rely, count, bank, pin one's faith;
have faith in, trust, have every confidence in, swear by, cling to;
not manage without.
5 informal I got leaned on by villains many times:
intimidate, coerce, domineer, browbeat, bully, tyrannize, pressurize, threaten, compel, pressure, put pressure on, force, drive, impel, constrain;
informal twist someone's arm, put the frighteners on, put the screws on, strong-arm, push around, squeeze, bulldoze.