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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"

lacking in mineral content or combustible material; "lean ore"; "lean fuel"

containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"

rely on for support; "We can lean on this man"

cause to lean to the side; "Erosion listed the old tree"

low in mineral content; "a lean ore"

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"

lacking in mineral content or combustible material; "lean ore"; "lean fuel"

(metallurgy) low in mineral content; "a lean ore"

containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"

rely on for support; "We can lean on this man"

To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating; as, she leaned out at the window; a leaning column.

To cause to lean; to incline; to support or rest.

Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; not plump; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean cattle.

That part of flesh which consist principally of muscle without the fat.

Unremunerative copy or work.

To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; - with to, toward, etc.

To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; - with on, upon, or against.

Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; - used literally and figuratively; as, the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages.

Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; - opposed to fat; as, lean copy, matter, or type.

To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating; as, she leaned out at the window; a leaning column.

To cause to lean; to incline; to support or rest.

Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; not plump; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean cattle.

That part of flesh which consist principally of muscle without the fat.

Unremunerative copy or work.

To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; - with to, toward, etc.

To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; - with on, upon, or against.

Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; - used literally and figuratively; as, the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages.

Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; - opposed to fat; as, lean copy, matter, or type.

To slant from an upright position; to bend over for support; as, to lean on a cane; to rely; as, to lean on one's friends for advice; to tend; as, his opinion leaned toward the popular side.

To cause to slant; rest.

Thin; free from fat; as, lean meat; not productive; as, lean years.

Leaned, leant.

Leaning.

To incline or bend: to turn from a straight line; to rest against: to incline towards:-pr.p. leaning; pa.t. and pa.p. leaned or leant (lent).

Thin, wanting flesh: not fat.

Flesh without fat.

LEANLY.

To incline; bend.

Wanting flesh or fat; meagre.

To bend from an erect position; depend; with on or upon.

Wanting flesh; not fat; thin; slender.

Lean meat.

Wanting flesh; not fat; thin; not rich; poor; barren of thought and interest; jejune.

That part of flesh which consists of muscle without the fat.

To incline; to cause to lean.

To incline or bend; to deviate from a straight or perpendicular line; to incline towards; to rest against.

Thin; slender; not fat; bare.

Flesh or muscle without fat.

To deviate or move from a straight or perpendicular line; to incline or tend towards; to rest against or upon; to trust to.