uplean verb2 •(literary) To lean or incline upward; to cause (something) to lean upward.I forced the slowly yielding door That ope’d on Sabbath morn no more, And found all that the winds withstood, Was an upleaning piece of wood. — 1856 •(no longer used, rare) To lean (on something).With that vpleaning on her elbow weake, / Her alablaster brest she soft did kis, — 1590 formsupleaned · upleant · upleaning · upleans