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Definition of 'Lean'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) lean
to incline or bend from a vertical position:
to lean out the window.

2.  lean
to incline, as in a particular direction; slant:
The post leans to the left.

3.  lean
to incline in feeling, opinion, action, etc.:
to lean toward socialism.

4.  lean
to rest or lie for support:
to lean against a wall.

5.  lean
to depend or rely (usu. fol. by on or upon):
someone to lean on in an emergency.

6. (v.t.) lean
to incline or bend:
He leaned his head forward.

7.  lean
to cause to lean or rest; prop:
to lean a chair against a railing.

8.  lean
Informal. to pressure or threaten.

9. (n.) lean
the act or state of leaning; inclination.

10. (adj.) lean
(of persons or animals) without much flesh or fat; thin:
lean cattle.

11.  lean
(of meat) containing little or no fat.

12.  lean
lacking in richness, fullness, quantity, etc.:
a lean diet; lean years.

13.  lean
spare; economical.

14.  lean
(of a mixture in a fuel system) having a relatively low ratio of fuel to air (contrasted with

15.  lean
(of paint) having more pigment than oil.

16.  lean
(of ore) having a low mineral content.

17. (n.) lean
the part of flesh that consists of muscle rather than fat.

18.  lean
the lean part of anything.

Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME lene, OE hlæmacr;ne)

Definition of 'Lean'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) tilt, list, inclination, lean, leaning
the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
"the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right"

2. (adj) thin, lean
lacking excess flesh
"you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare

3. (adj) lean
lacking in mineral content or combustible material
"lean ore"; "lean fuel"

4. (adj) lean, skimpy
containing little excess
"a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"

5. (verb) lean
not profitable or prosperous
"a lean year"

6. (verb) lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle
to incline or bend from a vertical position
"She leaned over the banister"

7. (verb) lean
cause to lean or incline
"He leaned his rifle against the wall"

8. (verb) tend, be given, lean, incline, run
have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
"She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence"

9. (verb) lean
rely on for support
"We can lean on this man"

10. (verb) list, lean
cause to lean to the side
"Erosion listed the old tree"

Definition of 'Lean'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) lean
to stand, sit, or be positioned at an angle, not vertical
a boy leaning against the wall; The pole leaned slightly to the right.; He leaned across the table to get the salt.

2.  lean
lean over
to bend forward at the waist
She leaned over to shake the child's hand.

3.  lean
to put sth at an angle, usually supported by sth else
She leaned her bike against the wall.

4.  lean
to be likely to choose or support
a moderate political party that leans toward the left; We're leaning in the direction of putting the kids in another school.

5. (adjective) lean
thin, strong, and healthy
the lean body of an athlete

6.  lean
(of meat) having little fat
lean ground beef

Definition of 'Lean'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Lean
that part of flesh which consist principally of muscle without the fat

2. (noun) Lean
unremunerative copy or work

3. (verb) Lean
to conceal

4. (verb) Lean
to incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating; as, she leaned out at the window; a leaning column

5. (verb) Lean
to incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; -- with to, toward, etc

6. (verb) Lean
to rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; -- with on, upon, or against

7. (verb) Lean
to cause to lean; to incline; to support or rest

8. (verb) Lean
wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; not plump; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean cattle

9. (verb) Lean
wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used literally and figuratively; as, the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages

10. (verb) Lean
of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; -- opposed to fat; as, lean copy, matter, or type

Translation of 'Lean'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to slope over to one side; not to be upright The lamp-post had slipped and was leaning across the road.
Afrikaans: oorhel	Arabic: يَميل	Bulgarian: накланям се
Brazilian: inclinar-se	Czech: naklánět se	German: sich neigen
Danish: hælde	Greek: γέρνω	Spanish: inclinarse
Estonian: kaldu olema	Farsi: خم شدن یا کردن	Finnish: olla kallellaan
French: pencher	Hebrew: לִנטוֹת	Hindi: झुकना
Croatian: naginjati se	Hungarian: hajlik	Indonesian: condong
Icelandic: halla	Italian: pendere	Japanese: 傾く
Korean: (어떤 방향으로) 기울이다	Lithuanian: palinkti, pasilenkti	Latvian: []liekties
Malay: senget	Dutch: overhellen	Norwegian: helle, stå skrått
Polish: chylić/pochylać się	Persian: خم شدن یا کردن	Pashto: يوه خواته كوږشوې
Portuguese: inclinar-se	Romanian: a (se) apleca	Russian: наклоняться
Slovak: nakláňať sa	Slovenian: nagniti se	Serbian: saviti se
Swedish: luta	Thai: เอียง	Turkish: eğilmek, yatmak
Taiwanese: 傾斜	Ukrainian: нахилятися	Urdu: ایک طرف جھکنا
Vietnamese: cúi	Chinese: 倾斜
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