Search results
- Dictionarylean/liːn/
adjective
- 1. (of a person or animal) thin, especially healthily so; having no superfluous fat: "his lean, muscular body" Similar Opposite
- 2. offering little reward, substance, or nourishment; meagre: "the lean winter months" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. the lean part of meat: "the man who eats no fat and the wife who eats no lean"
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
The meaning of LEAN is to incline, deviate, or bend from a vertical position. How to use lean in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Lean.
LEAN definition: 1. to (cause to) slope in one direction, or to move the top part of the body in a particular…. Learn more.
to make a great effort, especially in order to be helpful or fair. I've bent over backwards to help him. Definition of lean verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to ( cause to) slope in one direction, or to move the top part of the body in a particular direction: She leaned forward and whispered something in my ear. I sat down next to Bernard, who leaned over to me and said "You're late." Lean your head back a little. That fence is leaning to the right.
lean. adjective. /liːn/. /liːn/. (comparative leaner, superlative leanest) (usually approving) (of people, especially men, or animals) without much fat; thin and fit. He had a lean, muscular body. He was tall, lean and handsome. The Frenchman's body looked lean and hard.
to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window. to incline, as in a particular direction; slant: The post leans to the left. The building leaned sharply before renovation. to incline in feeling, opinion, action, etc.: to lean toward socialism.
If you lean on or against someone or something, you rest against them so that they partly support your weight. If you lean an object on or against something, you place the object so that it is partly supported by that thing.
have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined. synonyms: be given, incline, run, tend. see more. verb. rely on for support. “We can lean on this man” synonyms: rely.
To bend or deviate from an upright position; stand at a slant; incline. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To bend or incline the body so as to rest part of one's weight upon or against something. He leaned on the desk.
LEAN meaning: 1. to move the top part of your body in a particular direction: 2. thin and healthy: 3. Lean meat…. Learn more.
