Lean: lean – leaned/leant – leaned/leant
Irregular verb, level A2.
Base form (V1)lean
Past simple (V2)leaned / leantBrE
Past participle (V3)leaned / leantBrE
Meaning
To bend your body toward something.
Examples for each form
Base form (V1)
Do not lean on the wall.
Past simple (V2)
He leaned out of the window to wave.
Past participle (V3)
I have leaned on this wall, and now my coat is dirty.
Check yourself
Write the past simple and the past participle of lean.
Verbs that change the same way
Regular -ed or irregular -t, both are used
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