Sekirov Dictionary

lean

/ˈliːn/

verb 6
adjective 6
noun 4
forms 9
phrases 4

verb6

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to move or stand so that the top part is no longer straight above the bottom
- She leaned out of the window.
To hang outwards.
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To rest or rely, for support, comfort, to use as a hard surface for writing, etc.
- He lean'd not on his fathers but himself. — 1864
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To press against.
- Oppress'd with Anguish, panting, and o'respent, / His fainting Limbs against an Oak he leant. — 1697
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To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc.
- I’m leaning towards voting Conservative in the next election.
- The Hispanic vote leans Democratic.
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To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen.
- He leaned the mixture in an effort to cause a backfire through the carburetor, the generally accepted method of breaking the ice loose. — 1938

adjective6

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Slim; not fleshy.
- They will now dedicate several hours at the gym every day to be leaner and stronger. — 2024
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Having little fat.
- lean steak cuts
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Efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing".
- Alcoa is now a lean and agile enterprise, after having split last year into two entities.
Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.
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Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.
- A lean ore hardly worth mining.
- Running on too lean a fuel-air mixture will cause, among other problems, your internal combustion engine to heat up too much.
(no longer used) Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed to fat.

noun4

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(US, slang) A recreational drug composed of codeine-promethazine cough syrup mixed with usually soda and associated with the hip-hop culture of the Southern United States.
- Eyes real tight 'cause I'm chokin' the creep; vision messed up 'cause I'm drinkin' the lean. — 2005
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Meat with no fat on it.
- Jack Sprat would eat no fat, / His wife would eat no lean. — 1639
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An inclination away from the vertical.
- The trees had various leans toward gaps in the canopy.
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An organism that is lean in stature.
- The intermediates and leans are the predominant morphotypes found at the SE-NHR seamounts […] — 1986

forms

lean'd · leaned · leant · leaning · leaneth · leans · leanest · leaner · leanest

Phrases with lean

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