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Meaning of lean
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lean
adj 1: lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too
thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry
look"-Shakespeare [syn: {thin}, {lean}] [ant: {fat}]
2: lacking in mineral content or combustible material; "lean
ore"; "lean fuel" [ant: {rich}]
3: containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy
allowance" [syn: {lean}, {skimpy}]
4: not profitable or prosperous; "a lean year"
n 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"; "he walked with a
heavy inclination to the right" [syn: {tilt}, {list},
{inclination}, {lean}, {leaning}]
v 1: to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned
over the banister" [syn: {lean}, {tilt}, {tip}, {slant},
{angle}]
2: cause to lean or incline; "He leaned his rifle against the
wall"
3: 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" [syn:
{tend}, {be given}, {lean}, {incline}, {run}]
4: rely on for support; "We can lean on this man"
5: cause to lean to the side; "Erosion listed the old tree"
[syn: {list}, {lean}]
WordNet ® Princeton University. http://wordnet.princeton.edu
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