Translation
to lean (something), to prop up; to support, to back
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Examples
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He leaned the stick against the wall.
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She leaned on my arm.
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I support your proposal.
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The old man leaned against a big tree.
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They backed the committee's idea.
Physically, is transitive: you lean one thing against another. To lean yourself, you need sin or i, and dropping the reflexive is the usual mistake. Figuratively it is the ordinary parliamentary word for backing a motion, a candidate or an idea, and there the object is simply the thing you support. o is a rest or a support, the backing itself. It shades into , which carries weight from underneath; is the sideways kind of support.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 10, lesson 11: apogi, provizi, kunulo and 7 more words.