leans

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liːnz/
• Rhymes: -iːnz

Verb

leans

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lean

Noun

leans

1. (aviation, with the) A dangerous sensory illusion where the pilot of an aircraft believes themselves to be in a bank when they are actually wings-level, or vice-versa, often resulting in spatial disorientation and loss of control of the aircraft.

   If you don't use your flight instruments when flying in cloud, you can easily get the leans and enter a fatal graveyard spiral.

2. plural of lean

Anagrams

• ANSEL, Ansel, ELANs, Elsan, L'Anse, Nales, Slane, elans, enals, lanes, neals, slane, slean

Middle French

Etymology

Old French laiens.

Adverb

leans

1. here; there (in a given place)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (laiens)