Lean

Meaning of Lean

noun
  1. (of an object taller than its width and depth) An inclination away from the vertical.
    The trees had various leans toward gaps in the canopy.
verb
  1. To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
    She leaned out of the window.
  2. 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.
  3. Followed by against, on, or upon: to rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc.
  4. To hang outwards.
  5. To press against.
noun
  1. Meat with no fat on it.
  2. An organism that is lean in stature.

verb

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

adjective
  1. (of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy.
  2. (of meat) Having little fat.
    lean steak cuts
  3. Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.
    a lean budget
  4. Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.
    A lean ore hardly worth mining.
  5. Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed to fat.
    lean copy, matter, or type
  6. 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.

verb

To conceal.

noun

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

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Hyphenation of Lean

Lean

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • Lean is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Lean synonyms

Meaning thin:

thin

Meaning skimpy:

skimpy

Meaning tilt:

tilt, list, inclination, leaning, tip, slant, angle

Meaning tend:

tend, incline, run

Meaning list:

list

Meaning :

lithe, svelte, willowy, insufficient, scarce, sparse, deficient, dilute, poor, syrup

Lean antonyms

Meaning :

rich

Anagrams of Lean

alen, Elan, elan, Elna, enal, laen, Lane, lane, Lena, lena, nael, nale, Neal, neal, Nela

Words that rhyme with Lean

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