Lean

Definition:

(v. t.) To conceal.
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; -- with to, toward, etc.
(v. i.) To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; -- with on, upon, or against.
(v. i.) To cause to lean; to incline; to support or rest.
(v. i.) Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; not plump; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean cattle.
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; -- opposed to fat; as, lean copy, matter, or type.
(n.) That part of flesh which consist principally of muscle without the fat.
(n.) Unremunerative copy or work.

Compare lean with other words:

borrow vs. lean

lean vs. skinny

decline vs. lean

barebone vs. lean

lean vs. leanly

lean vs. marcid

lean vs. scrawny

lean vs. tilting

lean vs. stocky

lean vs. mobile

flinch vs. lean

content vs. lean

incline vs. lean

feeble vs. lean

lean vs. nimble

griskin vs. lean

gracile vs. lean

lean vs. leanness

greyhound vs. lean

lean vs. rackabones

lean vs. meagre

lean vs. meager

lean vs. pollock

lean vs. propend

lean vs. uplean

lean vs. macerate

italic vs. lean

lean vs. recline

lean vs. topple

insist vs. lean

lean vs. wizened

extenuation vs. lean

emaciation vs. lean

careen vs. lean

conceal vs. lean

lean vs. stoichiometric

lean vs. oxygen

fleshy vs. lean

climate vs. lean

lean vs. leaning

lean vs. reaction