Definition of Lean

Verb: lean (leant, also leaned)  leen

1. To incline or bend from a vertical position
   - tilt, tip, slant, angle
    
2. Cause to incline or bend
    
3. Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
   - tend, be given, incline, run
    
4. Rely on for support
   "We can lean on this man"
    
5. Cause to lean to the side
   "Erosion leant the old tree";
   - list

Adjective: lean (leaner,leanest)  leen

1. Lacking excess flesh
   "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look";
   - thin, meager [N. Amer], meagre [Brit, Cdn]
    
2. Lacking in mineral content or combustible material
   "lean ore"; "lean fuel"
    
3. Containing little excess
   "a lean budget";
   - skimpy
    
4. Not profitable or prosperous
   "a lean year"

Noun: lean  leen

1. The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
   "the tower had a pronounced lean";
   - tilt, list, inclination, leaning

See also:
lealty
Leander

Anagrams containing the word lean

lean nlea anle eanl