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"Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"adjectivelacking excess flesh
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thin wizened sylphic sylphlike trim twiggy twiglike underweight wasp-waisted wasted weedy wiry wisplike wispy withered wizen anorectic anorexic boney bony cadaverous deep-eyed emaciated gangling gangly gaunt haggard hollow-eyed lank lanky pinched rawboned reedlike reedy scarecrowish scraggly scraggy scrawny shriveled shrivelled shrunken skeletal skinny slender slender-waisted slight slim slim-waisted spare spindle-legged spindle-shanked spindly stringy sunken-eyed svelte -
nounthe property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
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"a lean budget"adjectivecontaining little excess
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verbhave a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclinedtype of:
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verbcause to lean to the side
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"She leaned over the banister"verbto incline or bend from a vertical position
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"He leaned his rifle against the wall"verbcause to lean or incline
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"a lean year"adjectivenot profitable or prosperous
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"We can lean on this man"verbrely on for supporttype of:
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"lean ore" "lean fuel"lacking in mineral content or combustible materialOpposite:
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be put place move run set trust list position lay weather spare suffer tip thin wasted angle bend skinny pitch tend slim slight pose heel trim leaning slope pinched tilt withered slender insufficient bony scrawny flex slant anorexic inclination deficient shriveled skimpy boney incline haggard skeletal wiry shrunken stringy twiggy weedy lanky spindly reedy underweight recline gravitate unprofitable emaciated gaunt shrivelled leaner wizened gangly scraggly wispy scraggy svelte cadaverous lank anorectic sylphic sylphlike twiglike wasp-waisted wisplike wizen deep-eyed gangling hollow-eyed rawboned reedlike scarecrowish slender-waisted slim-waisted spindle-legged spindle-shanked sunken-eyed ectomorphic leanness spatial relation be given take kindly to lean on lean against lean back