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Definition of Lean back
1. Verb. Move the upper body backwards and down.
Generic synonyms: Angle, Lean, Slant, Tilt, Tip
Specialized synonyms: Fall Back
Derivative terms: Reclining
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lean Back
Literary usage of Lean back
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"To clasp, clip, or embrace again.—'Polcy. RE-CLINE, в. ad. To lean back¡ to lean,
bend, or bow, back or against ; to repose, to rest upon. ..."
2. The Common Law by Robert William Chambers (1911)
"lean back on me. You must let me help you to the house." " Thank you—J won't go in.
... lean back ..."
3. Secwana Dictionary: Secwana-English and English-Secwana by John Tom Brown (1895)
"... to lean back, as the upper part of body, ... to cause the head to lean back
so as to look up, ..."
4. Publication by Field Columbian Museum (1903)
"After meal time, and while the boy played about, this old woman would put away
something around their lean-back.' She kept doing this until the boy ..."
5. The Tribune Book of Open-air Sports by Ottmar Mergenthaler, Henry Hall (1887)
"To stop, gather the horse, lean back a little in the saddle, raise the hand gently
bringing it toward ... The military rider does not lean back in starting. ..."
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