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lean
noun
1 lean
The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical.
synonyms: inclination, leaning, list, tilt.
Polish: nachylenie, spadzistość, spad
verb
1 lean
To incline or bend from a vertical position:
— She leaned over the banister.
synonyms: angle, slant, tilt, tip.
Dutch: leunen, overhangen, overhellen, uitwijken
2 lean
Cause to lean or incline.
3 lean
Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined.
synonyms: be given, incline, run, tend.
Dutch: plegen, zwemen
4 lean
Rely on for support.
Dutch: aanleunen
5 lean
Cause to lean to the side.
synonym: list.
adjective
1 lean
Lacking excess flesh:
— Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look.
synonym: thin.
Roget 203:
narrow,
close;
slender,
thin,
fine;
thread-like
etc.
(filament)
205;
finespun†,
gossamer;
paper-thin;
taper,
slim,
slight-made;
scant,
scanty;
spare,
delicate,
incapacious†;
contracted
etc.
195;
unexpanded
etc.
(expand)
etc.
194†;
slender as a thread.
[in reference to people or animals]
emaciated,
lean,
meager,
gaunt,
macilent†;
lank,
lanky;
weedy,
skinny;
scrawny slinky [U.S.];
starved,
starveling;
herring gutted;
worn to a shadow,
lean as a rake
[Chaucer];
thin as a lath,
thin as a whipping post,
thin as a wafer;
hatchet-faced;
lantern-jawed.
attenuated,
shriveled,
extenuated,
tabid†,
marcid†,
barebone,
rawboned.
monomolecular.
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Polish: chudy
2 lean
Lacking in mineral content or combustible material.
3 lean
Containing little excess:
— A lean budget.
synonym: skimpy.
Polish: maciupki
4 lean
Not profitable or prosperous.
Polish: chudy, szczupły
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leaned
adjective
Roget 490:
knowing
etc.
v.;
cognitive;
acroamatic†.
aware of,
cognizant of,
conscious of;
acquainted with,
made acquainted with;
privy to,
no stranger to;
au fait with,
au courant;
in the secret;
up to,
alive to;
behind the scenes,
behind the curtain;
let into;
apprized of,
informed of;
undeceived.
proficient with,
versed with,
read with,
forward with,
strong with,
at home in;
conversant with,
familiar with.
erudite,
instructed,
leaned,
lettered,
educated;
well conned,
well informed,
well read,
well grounded,
well educated;
enlightened,
shrewd,
savant,
blue,
bookish,
scholastic,
solid,
profound,
deep-read,
book-learned;
accomplished
etc.
(skillful)
698;
omniscient;
self-taught.
known
etc.
v.;
ascertained,
well-known,
recognized,
received,
notorious,
noted;
proverbial;
familiar,
familiar as household words,
familiar to every schoolboy;
hackneyed,
trite,
trivial,
commonplace.
cognoscible†,
cognizable.
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