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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 | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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