lean
verb
[ liːn ]
• be in or move into a sloping position.
• "he leaned back in his chair"
Similar:
slant,
incline,
bend,
tilt,
be at an angle,
slope,
tip,
bank,
list,
heel,
careen,
cant,
bias,
veer,
sway,
angle,
lean
noun
• a deviation from the perpendicular; an inclination.
• "the vehicle has a definite lean to the left"
Origin:
Old English hleonian, hlinian, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch leunen and German lehnen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin inclinare and Greek klinein .
lean
adjective
• (of a person or animal) thin, especially healthily so; having no superfluous fat.
• "his lean, muscular body"
Similar:
slim,
thin,
slender,
rangy,
spare,
wiry,
slight,
lissom,
svelte,
willowy,
sylphlike,
skinny,
scrawny,
scraggy,
lanky,
lank,
bony,
gaunt,
emaciated,
skin and bones,
raw-boned,
gangling,
spindly,
skeletal,
size-zero,
angular,
pinched,
• offering little reward, substance, or nourishment; meagre.
• "the lean winter months"
Similar:
meagre,
scanty,
sparse,
poor,
scant,
mean,
inadequate,
insufficient,
paltry,
limited,
restricted,
modest,
deficient,
insubstantial,
slight,
unproductive,
unfruitful,
unprofitable,
unremunerative,
arid,
barren,
hard,
bad,
difficult,
tough,
impoverished,
poverty-stricken,
moneyless,
• (of a vaporized fuel mixture) having a high proportion of air.
• "lean air-to-fuel ratios"
lean
noun
• the lean part of meat.
• "the man who eats no fat and the wife who eats no lean"
Origin:
Old English hlǣne, of Germanic origin.
