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Look up: Lean

  1. lean
    [adj] - containing little excess 2. [adj] - (metallurgy) low in mineral content 3. [adj] - lacking in mineral content or combustible material 4. [adj] - not profitable or prosperous 5. [v] - to incline or bend from a vertical position 6. [v] - cause to lean or incline 7. [v] - rely on for support
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Lean
    Tasting term referring to a wine that has high acidity and not much fruit.
    Found on http://www.surf4wine.co.uk/glossary.html

  3. Lean
    Lean (lēn) transitive verb [ Icelandic leyna ; akin to German läugnen to deny, Anglo-Saxon lȳgnian , also English lie to speak falsely.] To conceal. [ Obsolete] Ray.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/23

  4. Lean
    Lean (lēn) intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Leaned (lēnd), sometimes Leant (lĕnt); present participle & verbal noun Leaning .] [ Middle English
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/23

  5. Lean
    Lean transitive verb [ From Lean , intransitive verb ; Anglo-Saxon hlǣnan , transitive verb , from hleonian , hlinian , intransitive verb ] To cause to lean; to incline;...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/23

  6. Lean
    Lean (lēn) adjective [ Compar. Leaner (lēn'ẽr); superl. Leanest .] [ Middle English lene , Anglo-Saxon hlǣne ; probably akin to English lean...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/23

  7. Lean
    Lean noun 1. That part of flesh which consists principally of muscle without the fat. « The fat was so white and the lean was so ruddy.» Goldsmith. 2. (Typog.) Unremunerative copy or work.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/23

  8. lean
    1. That part of flesh which consist principally of muscle without the fat. 'The fat was so white and the lean was so ruddy.' (Goldsmith) ... 2. Unremunerative copy or work. ... 1. Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; not plump; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean cattle. ... 2. W...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  9. lean
    adjective not profitable or prosperous; `a lean year`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  10. lean
    adjective lacking in mineral content or combustible material; `lean ore`; `lean fuel`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  11. lean
    tilt verb to incline or bend from a vertical position; `She leaned over the banister`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  12. lean
    verb cause to lean or incline; `He leaned his rifle against the wall`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  13. lean
    adjective containing little excess; `a lean budget`; `a skimpy allowance`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  14. Lean
    • (v. i.) Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; not plump; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean cattle. • (v. i.) To cause to lean; to incline; to support or rest. • (n.) Unremunerative copy or work. • (v. i.) To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like;...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  15. Lean
    Lean is a Irish girl name. The meaning of the name is `Torch` Where is it used? The name Léan is mainly used In Irish.How do they say it elsewhere? Helen ( In English) See also In Welsh: Elen In Ukrainian: Olena In Scottish: Eilidh In Romanian: Ileana In Latvian and In Serbian: Jelena In Italian,...
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Lea

  16. Lean
    An experimental language from the University of Nijmegen and University of East Anglia, based on graph rewriting and useful as an intermediate language. Lean is descended from Dactl0. Clean is a subset of Lean. ['Towards an Intermediate Language Based on Graph Rewriting', H.P. Barendregt et al in ...
    Found on http://foldoc.org/Lean

  17. LEAN
    Used as an adjective to describe paint thinned with a spirit, which therefore has a low oil content.
    Found on http://www.rexart.com/glossary.html

  18. LEAN
    Used as an adjective to describe paint thinned with a spirit, which therefore has a low oil content.
    Found on http://www.rexart.com/glossary.html



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