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Definition of lean

"lean" in the noun sense

1. tilt, list, inclination, lean, leaning

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"

"lean" in the verb sense

1. lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle

to incline or bend from a vertical position

"She leaned over the banister"

2. lean

cause to lean or incline

"He leaned his rifle against the wall"

3. tend, be given, lean, incline, run

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"

4. lean

rely on for support

"We can lean on this man"

5. list, lean

cause to lean to the side

"Erosion listed the old tree"

"lean" in the adjective sense

1. thin, lean

lacking excess flesh

"you can't be too rich or too thin"

"Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare

2. lean

lacking in mineral content or combustible material

"lean ore"

"lean fuel"

3. lean, skimpy

containing little excess

"a lean budget"

"a skimpy allowance"

4. lean

not profitable or prosperous

"a lean year"

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

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Quotations for lean

Lean not on a reed. [ Proverb ]

Fat paunches make lean pates. [ Proverb ]

A fat kitchen makes a lean will. [ Franklin ]

She that with poetry is won.
Is but a desk to write upon;
And what men say of her they mean
No more than on the thing they lean. [ Butler ]

Flies are busiest about lean horses. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Fat housekeepers make lean executors. [ Proverb ]

His failings lean'd to virtue's side. [ Goldsmith ]

Fat sorrow is better than lean sorrow. [ Proverb ]

A fat housekeeper makes lean executors. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Better a lean peace than a fat victory. [ Proverb ]

Lean liberty is better than fat slavery. [ Proverb ]

Better a lean jade than an empty halter. [ Proverb ]

Let gleaners glean, though crops be lean. [ Proverb ]

When in doubt, lean to the side of mercy. [ Cervantes ]

Let guilty men remember, their black deeds
Do lean on crutches made of slender reeds. [ John Webster ]

There's a lean fellow beats all conquerors. [ Dekker ]

Faith loves to lean on time's destroying arm. [ Holmes ]

Lean abstinence, pale grief, and haggard care,
The dire attendants of forlorn despair. [ Pattison ]

Better is a lean agreement than a fat lawsuit. [ German Proverb ]

The fat man knoweth not what the lean thinketh. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Fat paunches make lean pates, and dainty bits
Make rich the ribs, but bankrupt quite the wits. [ William Shakespeare, Love's Labor Lost ]

Little knows the fat sow what the lean one means. [ Proverb ]

What signifies sadness, sir; a man grows lean on it. [ Mackenzie ]

The milk-white lilies that lean from the fragrant hedge. [ Alice Cary ]

They lard their lean books with the fat of other's works. [ Burton ]

An envious man waxeth lean with the fatness of his neighbors. [ Socrates ]

In life, as in a promenade, woman must lean on a man above her. [ A. Karr ]

Falstaff sweats to death, and lards the lean earth as he walks along. [ William Shakespeare ]

As many suffer from too much as too little. A fat body makes a lean mind. [ Bovee ]

It is better that a judge should lean on the side of compassion than severity. [ Cervantes ]

We sacrifice to dress till household joys and comforts cease. Dress drains our cellar dry, and keeps our larder lean. [ Cowper ]

It is a wretched thing to lean on the reputation of others, lest the pillars being withdrawn the roof should fall in ruins. [ Juvenal ]

Pride's chickens have bonny feathers, but they are an expensive brood to rear. They eat up everything, and are always lean when brought to market. [ Alexander Smith ]

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not onto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. [ Bible ]

Let me have men about me that are fat; sleek-headed men, and such as sleep o' nights; yonder Cassius has a lean and hungry look; he thinks too much; such men are dangerous. [ William Shakespeare ]

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lean in Scrabble®

The word lean is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 4

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lean in Words With Friends™

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Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 6

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Words containing the sequence lean

Words that start with lean (13 words)

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Words with lean in them (109 words)

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Words that end with lean (20 words)

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Shorter words in lean

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