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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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"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:
Examples of lean
- "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"
- "a lean budget"
- "She leaned over the banister"
- "He leaned his rifle against the wall"
- "a lean year"
- "We can lean on this man"
- "lean ore"
- "lean fuel"