lean

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NGSL Rank: 1971
lean
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Meanings
verb
  • be in or move into a sloping position.
    E.g. he leaned back in his chair
noun
  • a deviation from the perpendicular; an inclination.
    E.g. the vehicle has a definite lean to the left
adjective
  • (of a person or animal) thin, especially healthily so; having no superfluous fat.
    E.g. his lean, muscular body
  • offering little reward, substance, or nourishment; meagre.
    E.g. the lean winter months
  • (of a vaporized fuel mixture) having a high proportion of air.
    E.g. lean air-to-fuel ratios
noun
  • the lean part of meat.
    E.g. the man who eats no fat and the wife who eats no lean

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