Found 3 items, similar to Leanest.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: lean
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: lean
lean
v 1: to incline or bend from a vertical position;
“She leaned
over the banister” [syn:
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,
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]
[also:
leant]
lean
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] [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:
skimpy]
4: low in mineral content;
“a lean ore”
5: not profitable or prosperous;
“a lean year”
[also:
leant]
lean
n : 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,
leaning]
[also:
leant]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Leanest
Lean
\Lean\ (l[=e]n), a. [Compar.
Leaner (l[=e]n"[~e]r);
superl.
Leanest.] [OE. lene, AS. hl[=ae]ne; prob. akin to
E. lean to incline. See
Lean, v. i. ]
1. Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; slim; not
plump; slender; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a
lean cattle.
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2. 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.
“No lean wardrobe.” --Shak.
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Their lean and flashy songs. --Milton.
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What the land is, whether it be fat or lean. --Num.
xiii. 20.
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Out of my lean and low ability
I'll lend you something. --Shak.
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3. (Typog.) Of a character which prevents the compositor from
earning the usual wages; -- opposed to
fat; as, lean
copy, matter, or type.
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Syn: slender; spare; thin; meager; lank; skinny; gaunt.
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