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S: (v) lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle (to incline or bend from a vertical position) "She leaned over the banister"

S: (v) crook, curve (bend or cause to bend) "He crooked his index finger"; "the road curved sharply"
S: (v) arch, curve, arc (form an arch or curve) "her back arches"; "her hips curve nicely"
S: (v) incurvate (bend inwards) "The body incurvates a little at the back"
S: (v) retroflex, replicate (bend or turn backward)
S: (v) lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle (to incline or bend from a vertical position) "She leaned over the banister"
S: (v) crouch, stoop, bend, bow (bend one's back forward from the waist on down) "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"
S: (v) double over, double, double up (bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain) "He doubled and vomited violently"
S: (v) fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel (show submission or fear)
S: (v) curl up, curl, draw in (shape one's body into a curl) "She curled farther down under the covers"; "She fell and drew in"

S: (v) cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch (heel over) "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"
S: (v) careen, wobble, shift, tilt (move sideways or in an unsteady way) "The ship careened out of control"
S: (v) tilt (charge with a tilt)

S: (adj) atilt, canted, leaning, tilted, tipped (departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal) "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the headstones were tilted"