lean

B1
Pronunciation
/liːn/
Noun
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

(of an object taller than its width and depth) An inclination away from the vertical.

Example Sentences
  • The trees had various leans toward gaps in the canopy.
2 Definition

Meat with no fat on it.

3 Definition

An organism that is lean in stature.

4 Definition

A recreational drug based on codeine-laced promethazine cough syrup, popular in the hip hop community in the southeastern United States.

Synonyms
purple drank sizzurp syrup
Verb
7 definition(s)
1 Definition

To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.

Example Sentences
  • She leaned out of the window.
2 Definition

To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc.

Example Sentences
  • I’m leaning towards voting Conservative in the next election.  The Hispanic vote leans Democratic.
3 Definition

Followed by against, on, or upon: to rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc.

4 Definition

To hang outwards.

5 Definition

To press against.

6 Definition

To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen.

7 Definition

To conceal.

Adjective
6 definition(s)
1 Definition

(of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy.

Synonyms
lithe svelte willowy
2 Definition

(of meat) Having little fat.

Example Sentences
  • lean steak cuts
3 Definition

Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.

Synonyms
insufficient scarce sparse
Example Sentences
  • a lean budget
4 Definition

Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.

Synonyms
deficient dilute poor
Antonyms
rich
Example Sentences
  • A lean ore hardly worth mining.
5 Definition

Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed to fat.

Example Sentences
  • lean copy, matter, or type
6 Definition

Efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing"

Example Sentences
  • Alcoa is now a lean and agile enterprise, after having split last year into two entities.