lean | ||
1. | [ verb ] to incline or bend from a vertical position | |
Synonyms: | tilt angle slant tip | |
Examples: | "She leaned over the banister" |
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Related terms: | bend lean_back list slope weather lean_on lean_on overturn overturn angle tilt rock leaner | |
2. | [ verb ] cause to lean or incline | |
Examples: | "He leaned his rifle against the wall" |
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Related terms: | situate put tilt | |
3. | [ adjective ] lacking excess flesh | |
Synonyms: | thin | |
Examples: | "you can't be too rich or too thin" "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare |
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Related terms: | fat bony slender stringy spare scraggy deep-eyed scarecrowish shriveled deep-eyed slender-waisted gangling wisplike fine-drawn reedy twiggy reedlike anorexic spindle-legged rawboned lank thin ectomorphic body_weight | |
4. | [ verb ] have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined | |
Synonyms: | tend incline run be_given | |
Examples: | "She tends to be nervous before her lectures" "These dresses run small" "He inclined to corpulence" |
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Related terms: | be take_kindly_to gravitate suffer inclination leaning inclination | |
5. | [ verb ] rely on for support | |
Examples: | "We can lean on this man" |
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Related terms: | trust | |
6. | [ verb ] exhibit an inclination or tendency | |
Synonyms: | tend incline | |
Related terms: | think trust lower attend garden take_kindly_to shepherd attendant inclination | |
7. | [ adjective ] lacking in mineral content or combustible material | |
Examples: | "lean ore" "lean fuel" |
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Related terms: | rich | |
8. | [ adjective ] (metallurgy) low in mineral content | |
Examples: | "a lean ore" |
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Related terms: | metallurgy insufficient | |
9. | [ adjective ] not profitable or prosperous | |
Examples: | "a lean year" |
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Related terms: | unprofitable | |
10. | [ adjective ] containing little excess | |
Synonyms: | skimpy | |
Examples: | "a lean budget" "a skimpy allowance" |
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Related terms: | insufficient | |
11. | [ noun ] Woman's first name, popularity rank in the U.S. is 3628 | |
12. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 30093 | |
13. | [ verb ] cause to lean to the side | |
Synonyms: | list | |
Examples: | "Erosion listed the old tree" |
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Related terms: | move list | |
14. | [ noun ] the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical | |
Synonyms: | list leaning inclination tilt | |
Examples: | "the tower had a pronounced tilt" "the ship developed a list to starboard" "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right" |
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Related terms: | position list | |
Similar spelling: |
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