Definitions for Lean

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Spelling: [leen]

IPA: /lin/

Lean is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 33 anagrams from letters in Lean (aeln).

Definitions for Lean

noun

1. the act or state of leaning; inclination:
2. the part of flesh that consists of muscle rather than fat.
3. the lean part of anything.
4. Typesetting. matter that is difficult to set because of complexity or intermixed fonts. Compare fat (def 23).
5. David, 1908–91, British film director.

Idioms

1. lean over backward(s). bend1 (def 21).

adjective

1. (of persons or animals) without much flesh or fat; not plump or fat; thin:
2. (of edible meat) containing little or no fat.
3. lacking in richness, fullness, quantity, etc.; poor:
4. spare; economical:
5. Automotive. (of a mixture in a fuel system) having a relatively low ratio of fuel to air (contrasted with rich).
6. (of paint) having more pigment than oil. Compare fat (def 12).
7. Nautical. (of a bow) having fine lines; sharp.
8. Metallurgy. (of ore) having a low mineral content; low-grade.

Verb phrases

1. lean in, to shift one's body weight forward or toward someone or something: to embrace risk, be assertive, etc., as to achieve the greatest level of success in the workplace:
2. lean on, Informal. to exert influence or pressure on in order to gain cooperation, maintain discipline, or the like: to criticize, reprimand, or punish:

verb (used with object)

1. to incline or bend:
2. to cause to lean or rest; prop:

verb (used without object)

1. to incline or bend from a vertical position:
2. to incline, as in a particular direction; slant:
3. to incline in feeling, opinion, action, etc.:
4. to rest against or on something for support:
5. to depend or rely (usually followed by on or upon):

Origin of Lean

before 900; Middle English lenen, Old English hleonian, hlinian; cognate with G. lehnen; akin to Latin clīnāre to incline, Greek klī́nein

Examples for Lean

Fully 88 percent of us either identify outright or lean to a party, 47 percent Democrat and 41 percent Republican.

“We broke off shortly after because we were more ambitious,” says lean.

The tall son of Hanover was lean of flesh, but gross in muscle.

He thought, too, of the lean face and the peculiar, set eye of Dozier.

I am lean and bony and I've got a beak where I should have a nose.

Our squadron doctor was lean, well muscled, square jawed and blond.

And now it comes back to me about the other one, the lean Andrew, his brother.

The trio formed the Sad Boys collective, with Sherm and Gud on production and lean manning the mic.

In 2012, as a 10th grader, lean says he recorded his first legitimate song, “Hurt.”

And he chuckled and rubbed his lean hands together as I had so often seen him do.