Definitions from Wiktionary (Lean)
▸ verb: (intransitive) To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
▸ verb: (copulative) To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc.
▸ verb: (Followed by against, on, or upon) To rest or rely, for support, comfort, to use as a hard surface for writing, etc.
▸ verb: To hang outwards.
▸ verb: To press against.
▸ noun: (of an object taller than its width and depth) An inclination away from the vertical.
▸ adjective: (of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy.
▸ adjective: (of meat) Having little fat.
▸ adjective: Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.
▸ adjective: Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.
▸ adjective: (printing, archaic) Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed to fat.
▸ adjective: (business) Efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing".
▸ noun: (uncountable) Meat with no fat on it.
▸ noun: (countable, biology) An organism that is lean in stature.
▸ verb: To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen.
▸ verb: To conceal.
▸ noun: (slang, US) A recreational drug based on codeine-laced promethazine cough syrup, especially popular in the hip hop community in the southeastern United States.
▸ noun: A surname.
▸ Also see lean
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▸ verb: (intransitive) To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
▸ verb: (copulative) To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc.
▸ verb: (Followed by against, on, or upon) To rest or rely, for support, comfort, to use as a hard surface for writing, etc.
▸ verb: To hang outwards.
▸ verb: To press against.
▸ noun: (of an object taller than its width and depth) An inclination away from the vertical.
▸ adjective: (of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy.
▸ adjective: (of meat) Having little fat.
▸ adjective: Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.
▸ adjective: Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.
▸ adjective: (printing, archaic) Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed to fat.
▸ adjective: (business) Efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing".
▸ noun: (uncountable) Meat with no fat on it.
▸ noun: (countable, biology) An organism that is lean in stature.
▸ verb: To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen.
▸ verb: To conceal.
▸ noun: (slang, US) A recreational drug based on codeine-laced promethazine cough syrup, especially popular in the hip hop community in the southeastern United States.
▸ noun: A surname.
▸ Also see lean
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