English adjective: lean | |||
1. | lean lacking excess flesh | ||
Samples | You can't be too rich or too thin. Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look. | ||
Synonyms | thin | ||
Similar | anorectic, anorexic, boney, bony, cadaverous, deep-eyed, emaciated, gangling, gangly, gaunt, haggard, hollow-eyed, lank, lanky, pinched, rawboned, reedlike, reedy, scarecrowish, scraggy, scrawny, shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, skeletal, skinny, slender, slender-waisted, slight, slim, slim-waisted, spare, spindle-legged, spindle-shanked, spindly, stringy, sunken-eyed, svelte, trim, twiggy, twiglike, underweight, wasp-waisted, wasted, weedy, wiry, wisplike, wispy, withered, wizen, wizened | ||
See also | ectomorphic, thin | ||
Attribute | body weight | ||
Antonyms | fat | ||
2. | lean lacking in mineral content or combustible material | ||
Samples | Lean ore. Lean fuel. | ||
Antonyms | rich | ||
3. | lean containing little excess | ||
Samples | A lean budget. A skimpy allowance. | ||
Synonyms | skimpy | ||
Similar | deficient, insufficient | ||
Antonyms | sufficient | ||
4. | lean not profitable or prosperous | ||
Samples | A lean year. | ||
Similar | unprofitable | ||
Antonyms | profitable | ||
English noun: lean | |||
1. | lean (attribute) the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical | ||
Samples | The tower had a pronounced tilt. The ship developed a list to starboard. He walked with a heavy inclination to the right. | ||
Synonyms | inclination, leaning, list, tilt | ||
Broader (hypernym) | position, spatial relation | ||
English verb: lean | |||
1. | lean (motion) to incline or bend from a vertical position | ||
Samples | She leaned over the banister. | ||
Synonyms | angle, slant, tilt, tip | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bend, flex | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | heel, incline, lean back, list, pitch, recline, slope, weather | ||
2. | lean (contact) cause to lean or incline | ||
Samples | He leaned his rifle against the wall. | ||
Examples | They lean their rifles on the cabinet | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | lay, place, pose, position, put, set | ||
3. | lean (stative) have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined | ||
Samples | She tends to be nervous before her lectures. These dresses run small. He inclined to corpulence. | ||
Synonyms | be given, incline, run, tend | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | ||
Broader (hypernym) | be | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | gravitate, suffer, take kindly to | ||
4. | lean (cognition) rely on for support | ||
Samples | We can lean on this man. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bank, rely, swear, trust | ||
5. | lean (motion) cause to lean to the side | ||
Samples | Erosion listed the old tree. | ||
Synonyms | list | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | move | ||
Verb group | heel, list | ||