What is another word for leaning over?

Pronunciation: [lˈiːnɪŋ ˈə͡ʊvə] (IPA)

Leaning over is a phrase used to describe a person's body position when they are bending towards something or someone. This movement can imply interest or curiosity, or simply a desire to get closer to an object or person. Some synonyms for leaning over include inclining, hunching, stooping, bowing, bending, and crouching. Each of these words highlights a different aspect of the movement, from a slight tilt to a more exaggerated posture. Whatever the specific word used, the act of leaning over communicates an intention to engage with someone or something in a more direct manner.

What are the hypernyms for Leaning over?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the opposite words for leaning over?

The antonyms for the phrase "leaning over" are standing up straight, sitting upright, or simply standing. When a person is standing or sitting upright, they are not bending forward or leaning over. Leaning over can also be associated with being off balance or feeling unstable, so the opposite would be to have a strong and stable posture. Maintaining good posture is important for both physical and mental health. It can prevent back pain and improve breathing and digestion, as well as boost confidence and overall mood. Therefore, it is beneficial to practice standing up straight and avoiding excessive leaning over.

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Famous quotes with Leaning over

  • In its entirety, probably, it follows us at every instant; all that we have felt, thought and willed from our earliest infancy is there, leaning over the present which is about to join it, pressing against the portals of consciousness that would fain leave it outside.
    Henri Bergson
  • “There is no point in erecting a structure,” said Muzzlehatch, taking no notice of Titus’s question, “unless someone else pulls it down. There is no value in a rule until it is broken. There is nothing in life unless there is death at the back of it. Death, dear boy, leaning over the edge of the world and grinning like a boneyard.”
    Mervyn Peake
  • Spade pulled his hand out of hers. He no longer either smiled or grimaced. His wet yellow face was set hard and deeply lined. His eyes burned madly. He said: "Listen. This isn't a damned bit of good. You'll never understand me, but I'll try once more and then we'll give it up. Listen. When a man's partner is killed he's supposed to do something about it. It doesn't make any difference what you thought of him. He was your partner and you're supposed to do something about it. Then it happens we were in the detective business. Well, when one of your organization gets killed it's bad business to let the killer get away with it. It's bad all around – bad for that one organization, bad for every detective everywhere. Third, I'm a detective and expecting me to run criminals down and then let them go free is like asking a dog to catch a rabbit and let it go. It can be done, all right, and sometimes it is done, but it's not the natural thing. The only way I could have let you go was by letting Gutman and Cairo and the kid go. … Fourth, no matter what I wanted to do now it would be absolutely impossible for me to let you go without having myself dragged to the gallows with the others. Next, I've no reason in God's world to think I can trust you and if I did this and got away with it you'd have something on me that you could use whenever you happened to want to. That's five of them. The sixth would be that, since I've got something on you, I couldn't be sure you wouldn't decide to shoot a hole in *me* some day. Seventh, I don't even like the idea of thinking that there might be one chance in a hundred that you'd played me for a sucker. And eighth – but that's enough. All those on one side. Maybe some of them are unimportant. I won't argue about that. But look at the number of them. Now on the other side we've got what? All we've got is the fact that maybe you love me and maybe I love you." … "But suppose I do? What of it? Maybe next month I won't. I've been through it before – when it lasted that long. Then what? Then I'll think I played the sap. And if I did it and got sent over then I'd be sure I was the sap. Well, if I send you over I'll be sorry as hell – I'll have some rotten nights – but that'll pass. Listen." He took her by the shoulders and bent her back, leaning over her. "If that doesn't mean anything to you forget it and we'll make it this: I won't because all of me wants to – wants to say to hell with the consequences and do it -- and because – God damn you – you've counted on that with me the same as you counted on that with the others. … Don't be too sure I'm as crooked as I'm supposed to be. That kind of reputation might be good business – bringing in high-priced jobs and making it easier to deal with the enemy. … Well, a lot of money would have been at least one more item on the other side of the scales." … Spade set the edges of his teeth together and said through them: "I won't play the sap for you."
    Dashiell Hammett

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