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What (who) is Lean - definition
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Lean (disambiguation); Lean (song)
lean
v.
1) (d; intr.) to lean across, over (to lean across a table)
2) (d; intr.) to lean against, on (to lean against a wall; to lean on a desk)
3) (d; intr.) to lean on ('to rely on') (they had to lean on their friends for help)
4) (colloq.) (d; intr.) to lean on ('to exert pressure on')
5) (d; intr.) to lean out of (to lean out of a window)
6) (d; intr.) to lean to (to lean to one side)
7) (d; intr.) ('to tend') to lean to, towards (they are now leaning to our position)
8) (misc.) to lean over backwards to help smb. ('to make a maximum effort to help smb.')
Lean
·noun Unremunerative copy or work.
II. Lean ·vt To Conceal.
III. Lean ·noun That part of flesh which consist principally of muscle without the fat.
V. Lean ·vi To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct;
- with to, toward, ·etc.
VI. Lean ·vi To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like;
- with on, upon, or against.
VII. Lean ·vi Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; not plump; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean cattle.
VIII. Lean ·vi Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages;
- opposed to fat; as, lean copy, matter, or type.
IX. Lean ·vi To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating; as, she leaned out at the window; a leaning column.
X. Lean ·vi Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean;
- used literally and figuratively; as, the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages.
lean
lean1
¦ verb (past and past participle leaned or chiefly Brit. leant)
1. be in or move into a sloping position.
(lean against/on) incline from the perpendicular and rest against.
2. (lean on) rely on or derive support from.
3. (lean on) informal put pressure on (someone) to act in a certain way.
4. (lean to/towards) incline or be partial to (a view or position).
¦ noun a deviation from the perpendicular; an inclination.
Origin
OE hleonian, hlinian, of Gmc origin.
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lean2
¦ adjective
1. (of a person) thin, especially healthily so.
(of meat) containing little fat.
informal (of an industry or company) efficient and with no wastage.
2. offering little reward, substance, or nourishment: the lean years.
3. (of a vaporized fuel mixture) having a high proportion of air.
¦ noun the lean part of meat.
Derivatives
leanly adverb
leanness noun
Origin
OE hlne, of Gmc origin.
Examples of use of Lean
1. Robert Lean Twenty years ago Lean, one of the IRA‘s top men, turned Special Branch informant.
2. Guest Nancy Liedel stated: "We started to feel a slight lean...then the slight lean became a sharp list.
3. Join the debate » Scientists examined the risk of heart disease in a group made up of lean exercisers, lean non–exercisers and obese non–exercisers.
4. "Even Norman Tebbit has been doing some fresh thinking." According to Tebbit, party has changed from "lean and mean" to "lean, mean and green", says Cameron.
5. They found that while lean exercisers had the lowest risk of heart disease, high cholesterol levels were almost identical in lean non–exercisers and obese non–exercisers.