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LEANER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(horseshoes) the throw of a horseshoe so as to lean against (but not encircle) the stake

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("leaner" is a kind of...):

throw (the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist))

Domain category:

horseshoes; quoits (a game in which iron rings (or open iron rings) are thrown at a stake in the ground in the hope of encircling it)

Derivation:

lean (cause to lean or incline)

lean (to incline or bend from a vertical position)

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