An item of furniture like a flat bench, but positioned at a vertical diagonal, and often with attached arm-rests. Popularized in the early era of Hollywood film, where they allowed actresses in elaborate costumes to rest without becoming disheveled.

Alternative form of forward-leaning

(chiefly US, idiomatic) Disposed to take action or to exercise initiative; aggressive; bold. / (idiomatic) Innovative, cutting-edge, progressive, visionary.

plural of leaning board

A famous bell tower in the Italian town of Pisa, known for its irregular lean.

(programming) The situation in which a quoted string expression becomes difficult to read because it contains a large number of escape characters, usually backslashes, to avoid delimiter collision.

present participle of lean over backwards

plural of lean-to

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lean, towards. / (transitive) To favor in a decision.

(colloquial) efficient because of having nothing in excess of what is needed, and single-minded in one's objective