The Meaning of lean

• (v. t.) To conceal.
• (v. i.) 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.
• (v. i.) To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; -- with to, toward, etc.
• (v. i.) To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; -- with on, upon, or against.
• (v. i.) To cause to lean; to incline; to support or rest.
• (v. i.) Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; not plump; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean cattle.
• (v. i.) 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.
• (v. i.) Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; -- opposed to fat; as, lean copy, matter, or type.
• (n.) That part of flesh which consist principally of muscle without the fat.
• (n.) Unremunerative copy or work.

Synonyms

tilt , list , inclination , leaning , tilt , tip , slant , angle , tend , be given , incline , run , list , thin , skimpy

Antonyms

fat , rich

Homophones

leen , lien

Rhymes

aberdeen , abilene , acetylene , acrolein , adenine , adenosine , agin , aileen , albertine , aldin , aleen , alene , alkene , ameen , amin , ammeen , amphetamine , andreen , aniline , antisubmarine , aquamarine , ardeen , ardene , argentine , arleen , arlene , arreguin , augustin , augustine , balanchine , baleen , barentine , bean , beane , beene , bein , beine , benyamin , benzene , bernadine , between , biehn , bien , biocine , blouin , bornstein , brackeen , brean , breen , bromine , burdine , burkeen , byzantine , caesarean , caffeine , canteen , cantin , careen , carleen , carlene , carotene , casein , cathleen , celine , charleen , charlene , charline , chasteen , chloroprene , christine , circumvene , citrine , claudine , clean , clementine , clonidine , clymene , coffeen , coleen , colleen , constantine , contravene , convene , corinne , cortine , crean , crimean , cuisine , cunneen , darlene , dean , deane , deen , dejean , demean , diene , dineen , dinneen , doralin , doreen , dramamine , drouin , dufrene , eighteen , eileen , elephantine , eocene , epstein , ernestine , etheljean , ethene , ethylene , eugene , evergreen , feinstein , fiene , fifteen , figurine , filene , florentine , fluorine , foltene , foreseen , fourteen , francine , frankenstein , frean , freen , gabardine , gallien , gasoline , gean , gelatine , gene , georgene , georgine , geraldine , gheen , glasheen , glavine , glean , glycine , godine , goheen , gouin , green , greene , grosjean , guanine , guertin , guillotine , haen , halloween , hammerstein , helene , hexachlorophene , histamine , histidine , holstein , hornstein , huguenin , hydrazine , hygiene , igene , imogene , internecine , intervene , ireene , irene , janine , jean , jeane , jeanine , jeanne , joaquin , jolene , josephine , justine , kathleen , katyn , kean , keehn , keen , keene , kerosene , kiehn , kiehne , kiene , killeen , kleen , konstantin , kristine , labyrinthine , lamine , latrine , laureen , leen , levine , libertine , lichtenstein , lien , limine , limousine , lopatin , lorene , lurleen , machine , macqueen , madelene , magazine , mangosteen , marcin , marine , marleen , marleene , marlene , marroquin , martine , maureen , maxine , mcbean , mcbreen , mckeen , mclean , mcmeen , mcqueen , mcsween , mean , medin , mein , meine , melamine , mescaline , methylene , mezzanine , mien , miocene , modine , moline , moreen , mujahedeen , mujahideen , mulqueen , muntean , murine , muscatine , myrlene , nadine , naphthalene , nathene , navin , nein , nene , neoprene , newsmagazine , nicotine , nineteen , nitrosomine , noreen , nuveen , obscene , ocain , olean , oligocene , olivine , onscreen , opaline , oquin , osteen , paleocene , pasion , pauline , peine , peloquin , peregrine , philene , philippine , philistine , phillipine , pilgreen , plasticine , plein , pleistocene , pliocene , polyacetylene , polybutylene , polyethylene , polypropylene , polystyrene , preen , prejean , preteen , propylene , protein , pyroxene , quarantine , queen , rabin , racine , ravine , reconvene , reen , routine , rubinstein , sabine , salin , saline , sarazin , sardine , sarene , scene , scopolamine , screen , seen , seguin , selene , serene , seventeen , shaheen , sharleen , sharlene , shasteen , shean , sheen , shirleen , silverstein , sistine , sixteen , skeen , skene , slovene , smithereen , soybean , sphene , spleen , steen , stene , styrene , submarine , sunscreen , sween , tambourine , tangerine , teen , texstyrene , theine , thien , thirteen , thomasine , thymidine , tigrean , tourmaline , trampoline , treen , umpteen , unclean , undine , unforeseen , unseen , vaccine , vanveen , varin , vaseline , veen , vidrine , vien , vienne , voisine , wallenstein , wean , wein , wien , wileen , wolverine , xene