Lean

[liːn] or [lin]

Definition

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

(verb.) to incline or bend from a vertical position; 'She leaned over the banister'.

(verb.) rely on for support; 'We can lean on this man'.

(adj.) not profitable or prosperous; 'a lean year' .

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

(adj.) containing little excess; 'a lean budget'; 'a skimpy allowance' .

Inputed by Joanna--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To conceal.

(v. i.) 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.

(v. i.) To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; -- with to, toward, etc.

(v. i.) To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; -- with on, upon, or against.

(v. i.) To cause to lean; to incline; to support or rest.

(v. i.) Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; not plump; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean cattle.

(v. i.) 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.

(v. i.) Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; -- opposed to fat; as, lean copy, matter, or type.

(n.) That part of flesh which consist principally of muscle without the fat.

(n.) Unremunerative copy or work.

Typist: Marcus

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. [1]. Incline (from a perpendicular).[2]. Recline, bear, rest.[3]. Tend, have a tendency.

v. a. Rest, incline for support.

a. [1]. Thin, poor, gaunt, emaciated, meagre, lank, skinny, fallen away.[2]. Barren, jejune, TAME, prosy, dull.[3]. Scanty, slender, pitiful, inadequate, not full or abundant, not plentiful, not ample, not enough.

Checked by Clifton

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Incline, rest, support, tend, bend, depend, hang, repose, confide, slope

ANT:Stabilitate, erect, re-erect, raise, rise, straighten

SYN:Meagre, lank, tabid, emaciated, shrivelled, bony, thin, scraggy, skinny,slender, scanty

ANT:Fat, brawny, plump, well-conditioned

Checked by Danny

Definition

adj. thin wanting flesh: not fat: unprofitable taking extra time—a printer's phrase.—n. flesh without fat.—adj. Lean′-faced having a thin face: (print.) slender and narrow as letters.—adv. Lean′ly.—n. Lean′ness.—adj. Lean′-wit′ted of little sense.

v.i. to incline or bend: to turn from a straight line: to rest against: to incline towards:—pr.p. lean′ing; pa.t. and pa.p. leaned or leant (lent).—n. Lean′-to a shed or penthouse whose supports lean upon another building or wall.

Edited by Dinah