1. lean - Noun
2. lean - Adjective
3. lean - Verb
4. lean - Adjective Satellite
5. Lean - Proper noun
To conceal.
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.
To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; -- with to, toward, etc.
To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; -- with on, upon, or against.
To cause to lean; to incline; to support or rest.
Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; not plump; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean cattle.
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.
Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; -- opposed to fat; as, lean copy, matter, or type.
That part of flesh which consist principally of muscle without the fat.
Unremunerative copy or work.
Source: Webster's dictionaryYou might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward. James Thurber
Laws, like houses, lean on one another. Edmund Burke
In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself. Laurence Sterne
Either be a mountain or lean on one. Somali Proverb
You can only lean against that which resists. Hindi Proverb
Better a lean peace than a fat victory. Vietnamese Proverb