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lean

• (a) lacking excess flesh
  • you can't be too rich or too thin
  • Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look -Shakespeare
  thin,
• (a) lacking in mineral content or combustible material
  • lean ore
  • lean fuel
• (s) containing little excess
  • a lean budget
  • a skimpy allowance
  skimpy,
• (s) not profitable or prosperous
  • a lean year

Nouns

• (n) the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
  • the tower had a pronounced tilt
  • the ship developed a list to starboard
  • he walked with a heavy inclination to the right
  list, leaning, tilt, inclination,

Verbs

• (v) to incline or bend from a vertical position
  • She leaned over the banister
  tilt, angle, slant, tip,
• (v) cause to lean or incline
  • He leaned his rifle against the wall
• (v) have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
  • She tends to be nervous before her lectures
  • These dresses run small
  • He inclined to corpulence
  be given, incline, tend, run,
• (v) rely on for support
  • We can lean on this man
• (v) cause to lean to the side
  • Erosion listed the old tree
  list,

Synonyms

tilt angle slant tip list leaning inclination thin be given incline tend run skimpy

Antonyms

fat rich

See also

lean against lean on rest on bowl over knock over tip over tump over overturn turn over upset ectomorphic thin

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