lean

/liːn/ · noun

Meaning

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

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