lean
adjective
- 1
lacking excess flesh
you can't be too rich or too thin
Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
- 2
not profitable or prosperous
a lean year
- 3
lacking in mineral content or combustible material
lean ore
lean fuel
- 4
containing little excess
a lean budget
a skimpy allowance
noun
- 1
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
verb
- 1
rely on for support
We can lean on this man
- 2
cause to lean or incline
He leaned his rifle against the wall
- 3
to incline or bend from a vertical position
She leaned over the banister
- 4
cause to lean to the side
Erosion listed the old tree
- 5
have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
She tends to be nervous before her lectures
These dresses run small
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