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Lean 1Definition: To conceal.
Lean 2Definition: 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. Lean 3Definition: To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; with to, toward, etc. Lean 4Definition: To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; with on, upon, or against. Lean 5Definition: To cause to lean; to incline; to support or rest. Lean 6Definition: Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; not plump; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean cattle. Lean 7Definition: 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 8Definition: Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed to fat; as, lean copy, matter, or type. Lean 9Definition: That part of flesh which consist principally of muscle without the fat. Lean 10Definition: Unremunerative copy or work. lean 11Definition: 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" lean 12Definition: rely on for support; "We can lean on this man" lean 13Definition: cause to lean or incline; "He leaned his rifle against the wall" lean 14Definition: to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister" lean 15Definition: cause to lean to the side; "Erosion listed the old tree" lean 16Definition: 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" lean 17Definition: lacking excess flesh; "you can''t be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare lean 18Definition: not profitable or prosperous; "a lean year" lean 19Definition: lacking in mineral content or combustible material; "lean ore"; "lean fuel" lean 20Definition: low in mineral content; "a lean ore" lean 21Definition: containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"
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