No. 10,964 in French
penchées
Inclined, tilted, or leaning.
In a sentence
Les branches de l'arbre étaient penchées vers le sol.
The branches of the tree were leaning toward the ground.
'Penchées' describes the physical leaning or tilting position of the branches.
Elles étaient penchées sur leurs livres, absorbées par la lecture.
They were bent over their books, absorbed in reading.
'Penchées' indicates the posture of the individuals as they are leaning forward towards their books.
Il avait des idées penchées vers la philosophie ancienne.
He had ideas inclined toward ancient philosophy.
Here, 'penchées' metaphorically expresses the tendency or inclination of the ideas toward a particular subject.
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