Lean - Definition

adj 1: lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too
thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry
look"-Shakespeare [syn: thin, lean] [ant: fat]
2: lacking in mineral content or combustible material; "lean
ore"; "lean fuel" [ant: rich]
3: containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy
allowance" [syn: lean, skimpy]
4: not profitable or prosperous; "a lean year"
n 1: the property possessed by a line or surface that departs
from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the
ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a
heavy inclination to the right" [syn: tilt, list,
inclination, lean, leaning]
v 1: to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned
over the banister" [syn: lean, tilt, tip, slant,
angle]
2: cause to lean or incline; "He leaned his rifle against the
wall"
3: have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be
inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures";
"These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence" [syn:
tend, be given, lean, incline, run]
4: rely on for support; "We can lean on this man"
5: cause to lean to the side; "Erosion listed the old tree"
[syn: list, lean]