Lean

Definition: Lean

Lean

Adjective

1. Lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare.

2. Lacking in mineral content or combustible material; "lean ore"; "lean fuel".

3. Containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance".

4. (metallurgy) low in mineral content; "a lean ore".

5. Not profitable or prosperous; "a lean year".

Noun

1. 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".

Verb

1. To incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister".

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".

4. Rely on for support; "We can lean on this man".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "lean" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Computing

Mining

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Lean

Belief

Count upon, depend upon, calculate upon, pin one's faith upon, reckon upon, lean upon, build upon, rely upon, rest upon; lay one's account for; make sure of.

Danger

Verb: be in danger; Adjective:; be exposed to danger, run into danger, incur danger, encounter danger; Noun: run a risk; lay oneself open to; (liability); lean on a broken reed, trust to a broken reed; feel the ground sliding from under one, have to run for it; have the chances against one, have the odds against one, face long odds; be in deep trouble, be between a rock and a hard place.

Desire

Cassius has a lean and hungry look; " hungry as the grave "; " I was born to other things "; " not what we wish but what we want "; " such joy ambition finds "; " the sea hath bounds but deep desire hath none "; ubi mel ibi apes.

Hope

Verb: hope, trust, confide, rely on, put one's trust in; lean upon; pin one's hope upon, pin one's faith upon; (believe).

Imbecility Folly

Weak-minded, feeble-minded; dull minded, shallow minded, lack-brained; rattle-brained, rattle headed; half witted, lean witted, short witted, dull witted, blunt-witted, shallow-pated, clod-pated, addle-pated; dim-sighted, short-sighted; thick-skulled; weak in the upper story.

Narrowness Thinness

Emaciated, lean, meager, gaunt, macilent; lank, lanky; weedy, skinny; scrawny slinky; starved, starveling; herring gutted; worn to a shadow, lean as a rake; thin as a lath, thin as a whipping post, thin as a wafer; hatchet-faced; lantern-jawed.

Rashness

Reckon one's chickens before they are hatched, count one's chickens before they are hatched, reckon without one's host; catch at straws; trust to a broken reed, lean on a broken reed.

Subjection

Verb: be subject; Adjective: be at the mercy of, lie at the mercy of; depend upon, lean upon, hang upon; fall a prey to, fall under; play second fiddle.

Support

Verb: be supported; lie on, sit on, recline on, lean on, loll on, rest on, stand on, step on, repose on, abut on, bear on, be based on; have at one's back; bestride, bestraddle.

Unskillfulness

Cut blocks with a razor; (useless); fight with a shadow, grasp at a shadow; catch at straws, lean on a broken reed, reckon without one's host, pursue a wild goose chase; go on a fool's goose chase, sleeveless errand; go further and fare worse; lose one's way, miss one's way; fail.

Willingness

Verb: be willing; Adjective: incline, lean to, mind, propend; had as lief; lend a willing ear, give a willing ear, turn a willing ear; have a half a mind to, have a great mind to; hold to, cling to; desire.

Wrong

Do wrong; Noun: be inequitable; Adjective: favor, lean towards; encroach upon, impose upon; reap where one has not sown; give an inch and take an ell, give an inch and take an mile; rob Peter to pay Paul.

Crosswords: Lean

Frisian (salary, wage, wages), Irish (follow), Scottish (adhere to, come after, continue, follow, stick to).

Can you lean back a second (True Lies; writing credit: Claude Zidi; Simon Michaël)

She was just sitting there, looking beautiful, and staring at me. So, I lean in to kiss her, and I realize I have gum in my mouth (Signs; writing credit: M. Night Shyamalan)

He wants to go to the Riviera but I kinda lean towards Niagara Falls (Some Like It Hot; writing credit: Robert Thoeren; M. Logan)

Billybob! You're cuttin' em too lean! (Ed Wood; writing credit: Scott Alexander)

Little Jerry is a lean, mean pecking machine (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

We all need somebody to lean on (Lean On Me; performing artist: Bill Withers)

Now I've been hangin around you for days, but when I lean in you just turn your (Steal My Kisses; performing artist: Ben Harper)

For someone to lean on (I Turn to You; performing artist: Christina Aguilera)

Fallin' back on that ass with a hellified gangsta' lean (Nuthin But A "G" Thang; performing artist: Dr. Dre)

Fitted to the front lean the brim (Young'n; performing artist: Fabolous)

Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean (1965)

Or How to Make a Fat Wife Out of Two Lean Ones Pierrot's Problem (1900)

Farmer Kissing the Lean Girl (1898)

Four Lean Hounds (2003)

Lean by Jarre (1993)

Lean On Me (performing artist: Jarreau)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• The World Market for Pig Fat without Lean Meat and Unrendered Poultry Fat: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Power Factor Training : A Scientific Approach to Building Lean Muscle Mass (reference)

• Lean Transformation: How to Change Your Business into a Lean Enterprise (reference)

• Musclemag International's Anabolic Edge: Secrets for That Extra Lean Muscle Mass (reference)

• Lean For Life: Phase One - Weight Loss (reference)

• Banish Your Belly: The Ultimate Guide for Achieving a Lean, Strong Body-Now (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Lean Manufacturing Advisor (reference)

• Lean Newsletter (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Developing a Lean Supply Base, The Applied Material Journey (reference)

• David Lean Boxed Set (Lawrence of Arabia/The Bridge on the River Kwai, Widescreen Editions) (reference)

• Susan Powter: Lean Strong & Healthy (reference)

• The Challenge of Staying with Lean Thinking After Initial Application (reference)

• Lean on Me (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Musical Tribute to David Lean (reference)

• Gangsta Lean [Blue Print] [EXPLICIT LYRICS] (reference)

• Lean into It (reference)

• Lean on Me-Best of Bill Withers [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Cook'n Lean (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Marketplace™ 2-pc. Lean Meatloaf Pan (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Shown is marinated beef steak with potato vegetable salad. Choose lean cuts of meat and trim all fat. Serve fruit for dessert. Potato salad can be made with low fat dressing instead of mayonnaise. This was a poster in the "Healthy Eating Tips" series. See artwork: PV-30. Credit: Len Rizzi (photographer).

From an overhead angle, 2 pieces of red meat are shown with a knife on a cutting board, sitting on a white tile counter. Above the image, red lettering reads: "Choose lean meats, trim extra fats, avoid adding fat in cooking". Shot on 4x5 format. This was used in the 1989 calendar "Eat for Good Health" February 1989. See artwork: PV-19. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

This image shows a display of healthy foods on a table. Foods include beans, grains, cauliflour, cantelope, pasta, bread, orange, turkey, salmon, carrots, turnips, zucchini, snowpeas, string beans, radishes, asparagus, summer squash, lean beef, tomatoes, and potatoes. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

'Fore I'd lean my head on folk's gates and watch'em. Credit: Library of Congress.

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. Some WAACs lean more toward the heavier work such as auxiliary Doris Johnson, of Leipic, Ohio, shown washing down a jeep. Fort Des Moines, Iowa. Credit: Library of Congress.

The Herbster family gets well-balanced meals. Mrs. Herbster plans to give the children milk; leafy, green or yellow vegetables; raw fruits or vegetables rich in Vitamin C; cereals and bread, lean meat, poultry, fish and other vital foods which build and r. Credit: Library of Congress.

"Yond' Cassius has a lean and hungry look". Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

It seemed to her that this little, lean, and yellow man must be the object of universal desire

Two lean hungry greyhounds walking after a heifer

The short, lean wheat has been made big and productive

This man seemed to me to lean over the cornice, and timidly whisper his half truth to the rude occupants who really knew it better than he.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Lean forward while exercising. (references)

Lean women also appeared to be at greater risk than heavier women. (references)

Try to stick to lean (low-fat) meats that are also low in phosphorus. (references)

Business

It is evident from press reports that the slow recovery of the aviation markets elsewhere in Asia drives lean and hungry aerospace players in the region in search of cross border contracts, heating up competition and driving down margins. (references)

Other competitive issues affecting the fast-moving aftermarket include increased emphasis on shorter lead and delivery times, closer customer and supplier relationships, increased breadth and depth of product line and the need to introduce just-in-time and lean production methods. (references)

Economic History

Vietnam

Others cut overhead and sent expatriate staff home in order to survive the lean years. (references)

Cote D'ivoire

While feed millers prefer to purchase locally, they have had to import during the lean season, from April to June. (references)

Spain

For those projects that initially were based only on Internet, the trend is to lean towards the brick-and-click model. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Lean

Expressions using "lean": become lean ♦ Cassius has a lean and hungry look ♦ forward lean ♦ Foster lean ♦ grow lean ♦ lean against ♦ lean against the wall ♦ lean back ♦ lean boneless meat ♦ lean forward ♦ lean gas ♦ lean heavily ♦ lean lime ♦ lean meat ♦ lean mixture ♦ lean mortar ♦ lean on ♦ lean on a broken reed ♦ lean ore ♦ lean out ♦ lean over ♦ lean over backwards ♦ lean production ♦ lean to ♦ lean toward ♦ lean up against the wall ♦ lean upon ♦ lean years ♦ Mc Lean ♦ they lean to the same opinion. Additional references.

Beginning with "lean": Lean-back-and-enjoy, lean-bodied, lean-burn, Lean-faced, lean-flanked, lean-forward, lean-hipped, lean-limbed, lean-line, lean-muscled, lean-nox, Lean-pierre, lean-shanked, lean-to, lean-to shed, lean-to tent, lean-tos, lean-visaged, Lean-witted.

Ending with "lean": auto-lean, dog-lean, out-lean, re-lean, winter-lean.

Afrikaans

skraal (gaunt, meager, skimpy, skinny, slender, slim, thin), maer (gaunt, meager, skimpy, skinny, slender, thin), dun (airy, gaunt, slender, thin). (various references)

Albanian

i pakët (exiguous, few, limited, little, low, marginal, meager, meagre, measly, modest, narrow, picayune, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, scrimpy, skimpy, slender, small, spare, sparing, thin, wee), anohem (careen, slant), anoj (bank, careen, incline, slope, solder, tilt), e varfër (hungry), hollë (gaunt, perceptively, slender, thin), i dobët (anaemic, anemic, bad, cachectic, characterless, cheesy, delicate, Dickey, dicky, dim, Dotty, enervate, faint, fainting, feeble, flabby, flaccid, gone, ill-conditioned, impaired, indolent, inferior, infirm, insubstantial, knock kneed, lame, lamentable, languid, languorous, lax, low, meager, meagre, mean, measly, milk and water, nerveless, pale, pimping, pithless, poky, poor, puny, queasy, reckling, remiss, remote, rotten, rundown, scraggy, scrannel, scrawny, scrofulous, seared, shoddy, skinny, slack, sleazy, slender, slight, slim, soft, spare, squeamish, tender, thin, third rate, Twiggy, weak, weakly, woozy), anim (bank, careen, heel, list, slant, tilt), i padhjamë, prirem (heel, incline, list, tend, trend), i pamish, mëshoj, mbështes (pillow, prop up, push, shore, support, sustain, uphold), mbështet (abet, adhere, back, back up, build, buttress, countenance, found, hold up, pillow, prop up, push, shore, support, sustain, uphold), mish pa dhajmë, përkulem (bend, bend over, bow, bow down, cant, crouch, curtsey, curtsy, hook, incurve, sag, stoop), i ligët. (various references)

Arabic 

‏تحدر (downiness, slope), ‏إعتمد (bank on, build, count on, depend, expect, reckon, reckon on, rely, repose, trustee), ‏إستند (carry forward, lean on, repose, rest), ‏إتكأ (leant, recline), ‏صعب (arduous, complicate, complicated, difficult, formidable, frustrating, hard and fast, harsh, hot stuff, knotty, malaise, mure, nice, outrageous, risque, rough, rum, severe, sticky, stony, tartar, tricky, uneasy), ‏ضامر (atrophied, lank, raw boned, scraggy, skinny, slender), ‏أعجف (scrawny), ‏ضغط (bear in mind, compress, compressing, compression, crowd, depress, duress, force, hustle, jam, lay stress on smth., lobby, lobbying, pinch, press, pressure, push, screw, smash, squeeze, strain, stress, telescope, tension), ‏ميل (affection, aptness, bent, bevel, cant, disposition, flair, genius, gradient, gust, gusto, inclination, leaning, liking, obliqueness, obliquity, penchant, persuasion, ply, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, readiness, run, sentiment, set, slant, slope, strain, tendency, tip, turn, use, will), ‏غث (meager, meagre, pallid, prosy, scanty, sickly, thin), ‏حنى (crook, crouch, decline, double), ‏لحم هبر, ‏نحيل (bony, gaunt, meager, meagre, poor, raw boned, skinny, slender, slight, slim, small, svelte, thin), ‏هزيل (exiguous, gaunt, haggard, meager, meagre, miserable, peak, peaky, pitiful, scanty, scrawny, short, sickly, sketchy, skimp, skimpy, skinny, slender, slight, slim, spare, sparing, stingy, watery, wretched), ‏مال (assets, be inclined, bend, bent, cant, capital, chattel, coins, estate, feel sympathy for, funds, gold, incline, like, pelf, possessions, property, purse, shekels, skew, slant, slope, sympathize with, tilt, tip), ‏ضعيف (atonic, cold, crazy, deficient, delicate, dim, emaciated, enervate, faint, feckless, feeble, flabby, flagging, fragile, frail, haggard, helpless, impotent, inaudible, infirm, invertebrate, lame, languid, languorous, lank, limp, little, low, lower, nerveless, pale, powered, powerless, puny, rickety, run down, scant, scrawny, slender, slight, slim, small, soft, softy, streaked, supine, tenuous, thin, thready, toothless, unsubstantial, wan, weak, weakened, weakling, weakly, wimp, wishy washy). (various references)

Bulgarian 

оскъден (beggarly, exiguous, insufficient, jejune, meager, meagre, penurious, scant, scanty, scarce, scrimpy, short, skimpy, skinny, spare, sparing, starveling, stingy, thin, tight), предпочитам (affect, choose, elect, like better, prefer, see), жилест (gristly, knotty, nervous, ropy, sinewy, venose, venous), навеждам (bow, droop, drop, hang, incline, lour, lower, set, tilt, vail), наклон (batter, bevel, bias, declension, declivity, dip, fall, grade, gradient, incidence, inclination, incline, inflection, inflexion, leaning, low-grade, rake, ramp, rise, skew, slant, slope, throw, tilt, versant), наклонявам (cant, depress, dip, incline, list, slant, slope, tip), недоходен (marginal, unprofitable, unremunerative), опирам (recline, wash), облягам (loll, recline), постен (meager, meagre, meatless), осланям се (rely), сух (academic, academical, anhydrous, arid, aseptic, bald, brut, chaffy, chippy, dried, droughty, dry, fleshless, gaunt, hacking, liny, matter of fact, pedestrian, prosy, rainless, sapless, sec, spare, tearless, undamped, uninspired), гладен (esurient, hard set, hollow, hungry, peckish, ravenous, unfed), клоня (converge, incline, squint, sway, trend), крехко месо, крехък (brittle, delicate, egg shell, flimsy, fragile, frail, slender, slight, tender), разчитам (decipher, depend, pick out, puzzle out, read, read off, rely), слаб (defective, dim, effeminate, faint, feeble, flabby, flaccid, flat, flimsy, impotent, irretentive, lame, light, limp, liny, low, meager, meagre, mean, mild, nerveless, off, pale, poor, puny, queasy, rickety, scanty, scrannel, sick, sinewless, slack, sleazy, slender, slight, slim, slow, sluggish, small, soft, spare, spineless, tender, tenuous, thin, thready, unable, washy, watery, weak, weakish, weakly), склонен съм (incline), уповавам се, отслабнал (diminished, peaked, peaky, pinched, pinch-faced, spare, thin, withered). (various references)

Catalan

prim (gaunt, slender, thin). (various references)

Chinese 

羸 (entangled), 瘦 (thin, tight), 瘠 (barren), 倾斜 (Canting, inclined, inclining, Leaned, leaning, Leant, Oblique, raked, raking, slanted, slanting, slope, sloped, sloping), 傾斜 (incline, slant, slope, tilt). (various references)

Czech

libový, sklon (aptitude, bent, bevel, bias, dip, disposition, drive, fall, gradient, inclination, leaning, penchant, ply, proclivity, propensity, rake, slant, slope, strain, tendency, tilt, twist), opírat se (pull), naklánìt se, hubený (jejune, lank, slender, slim, spare, stingy, thin), dietní (dietary), chudý (disadvantaged, impecunious, needy, poor, scanty, thin, underprivileged), štíhlý (slender, slight, slim, svelte). (various references)

Danish

mager (gaunt, meager, skimpy, skinny, slender, thin), tynd (gaunt, meager, skimpy, skinny, slender, thin), støtte (support, sustain), læne sig. (various references)

Dutch

stutten (support, sustain), steunen (abet, groan, support, sustain), schragen (abet, support, sustain), mager (gaunt, meager, skimpy, skinny, slender, thin). (various references)

Esperanto

maldika (gaunt, slender, thin), magra (gaunt, meager, skimpy, skinny, thin), apogi sin, apogi (support, sustain). (various references)

Faeroese

styðja (support, sustain), rak (gaunt, meager, skimpy, skinny, thin), klænur (gaunt, graceful, slender, slim, thin), fátækur (gaunt, meager, miserable, poor, skimpy, skinny, thin). (various references)

Farsi 

لاغر (Angular, Gaunt, Scraggy, Scrannel, Skinny, Slight, Slim, Slink, Spare, Thin, Toom, Wizen), اندک (Light, Little, Low, Margin, Modicum, Paucity, Pinch, Scant, Scantling, Scarce, Scrimp, Scruple, Skimpy, Slight, Whit), خم شدن (Bow, Buckle, Decline, Lob, Recline, Sag, Stoop, Wilt), ضعیف (Anemic, Atonic, Infirm, Languid, Light, Puny, Pusillanimous, Rickety, Sappy, Shaky, Slack, Slender, Weak), تکیه دادن بطرف , تکیه زدن , بیحاصل (Ungainly), تمایل داشتن , پشت گرمی داشتن , کج شدن (Careen, Heel, Lurch, Swerve, Tilt), کم سود, نزار (Heartsick, Meager, Thin), نحیف (Frail, Gaunt, Haggard, Meager, Scant, Scrimp, Skimp, Skimpy, Slight, Spare), متکی شدن , پشت دادن , تکیه کردن (Recline). (various references)

Finnish

nojata (recline, support, sustain), laiha (meagre, scanty, spare, thin). (various references)

French

maigre, appuyer (lean to). (various references)

Frisian

leune, tin (gaunt, slender, thin), steune (support, sustain), meager (gaunt, meager, skimpy, skinny, thin). (various references)

German

mager (emaciated, fatless, gaunt, hungry, infertile, lank, leanly, low fat, meager, meagre, poor, rawboned, scant, scanty, skimpy, skinny, slender, thin, weak), lehnen (be leaning, leaned, leant, recline, support, sustain, to recline), hager (gaunt, lank, rawboned, spare, thin), anlehnen (abut, leave ajar, push to, rest, shut to, support, sustain, to abut, to leave ajar). (various references)

Greek 

κλίνω (cant, careen, conjugate, decline, hang up, heel, incline, inflect, list, shelve, slant, slope, tend, tilt, tip, trend, verge), ακουμπώ (abut, rest on, touch). (various references)

Hawaiian

hollë (gaunt, slender, thin). (various references)

Hebrew 

להשען (prop, recline, rely, rest), להשעין (prop, recline, rest), לגחון (bend over, incline, stoop), לגחות (bend, incline), לרכון (bend, incline), לנטות (deviate, dispose, extend, fancy, incline, stretch, tend, tip, trend, turn aside), כחוש (gaunt, haggard, macilent, peaky, scraggy, skinny, spare, thin), דק (delicate, fine, flimsy, slender, slight, slim, spindly, thin), רזה (macilent, meagre, peak, peaky, skinny, slender, slim, spare, thin), צנום (scraggy, skinny, spare, spindly, thin). (various references)

Hungarian

vézna (meager, meagre, peaky, puny, scraggy, scrawny, thin), szikár (haggard, skinny, spare). (various references)

Icelandic

mjór (gaunt, slender, slim, thin), þunnur (gaunt, slender, thin). (various references)

Indonesian

mengereng (slant, slope), kurus (gaunt, meagre, skinny, thin, withered), cenderung (disposed, inclimed, prone, sloping). (various references)

Italian

magro (gaunt, lame, low fat, meager, meagre, narrow, poor, scant, scraggy, scrawny, skimmed, skimpy, skinny, slight, slim, thin, thinly), sostenere (abet, assert, back, bear, bolster, brace, buoy, claim, hold up, incur, insist, keep up, maintain, meet, play, plump, stake, stand, stand up to, state, stay, support, sustain, take, uphold, withstand), appoggiarsi (purchase, recline, rest), sottile (delicate, fine, gaunt, keen, sharp, shrewd, slender, slight, slim, small, subtile, subtle, thin). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

痩躯 , 稀薄 (diluted, rarefied, rarified, sparse, thin, weak), 傾 (incline), 希薄　 (diluted, rarified, sparse, thin, weak), 希薄 (diluted, rarefied, rarified, sparse, thin, weak). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

そうく (cat's paw, dupe, hound, hunting dog, running dog, tool of another person), きはく (diluted, drive, rarefied, rarified, soul, sparse, spirit, thin, vigor, weak), けい (about, approximately, beheading, group, incline, knight, light, lineage, lord, penalty, plan, punishment, sentence, state minister, strong, system, ten quadrillion, thorn, thousand billion, time, toward, whip). (various references)

Korean 

경사 (inclining, tilt). (various references)

Malay

tipis (gaunt, slender, thin), kurus (gaunt, slender, thin). (various references)

Manx

thanney (attenuated, flimsy, hollow, hollow as friendship, lank, lanky, meagre, rare, scraggy, shallow, sharp face, skinny, slender, slim, sparely built, tenuous, thin, thin as paper, thin in build, thin of liquid, watery, watery of colour, watery of soup liquid, wateryliquid, weak, weak as solution, weedy), shang (emaciated, gaunt, gracile, lank, lanky, skinny, slender, slight, slim, sylph-like, thin, thin in build, willowy), scoidey (cant, leaning, list, obliqueness, slope), list (strip), keyl (attenuated, drawn out, fine, gracile, hairline, lanky, narrow, slender, slight, slim, small, spare, tapered, thin, watery, watery of soup, weak, weak as solution, willowy). (various references)

Norwegian

tynn (gaunt, slender, thin). (various references)

Papiamen

len, lèn, stet (support, sustain), sostené (support, sustain), respaldá (support, sustain), flaku (gaunt, meager, skimpy, skinny, slender, slim, thin), flako (gaunt, meager, skimpy, skinny, slender, slim, thin), delegá (gaunt, meager, skimpy, skinny, slender, slim, thin), apoyá (encourage, support, sustain). (various references)

Pig Latin

eanlay.(various references)

Portuguese

magro (angular, bony, contracted, gaunt, haggard, jejune, lank, meager, meagre, raw-boned, reduced, reedy, scraggy, scrawny, shrunken, skimpy, skinny, slender, thin), pobre (almsman, beggar, beggarly, close-fisted, destitute, eleemosynary, hard set, hungry, indigent, jejune, lazarus, mean, mendicant, miserable, necessitous, needy, pauper, penniless, penurious, poor, shabby), encostar (backboard, support, sustain), delgado (elongate, fine, gaunt, lank, reedy, sleazy, slender, slight, slim, tenuous, thin, wispy). (various references)

Romanian

uscãţiv (scraggy, spare, thin, wizened), sterp (arenaceous, arid, bare, barren, dead, desolate, hungry, infructuous, jejune, sterile), sprijini (abet, back, bear, bolster, boost, brace, buttress, carry, carry through, countenance, encourage, endorse, forward, ground, help, line up behind, patronize, prop, recline, rest, second, speed, sponsor, stay, strike a blow for, strut, superinduce, support, take up the cudgels for, uphold), slab (adynamic, angular, bad, cold, cranky, crazy, dicky, dim, Dotty, dull, faint, faintly, feckless, feeble, feebly, female, flabby, flaccid, flat, fleshless, flimsy, footless, forceless, frail, gaunt, groggy, helpless, impotent, inner, jaded, jejune, languid, languishing, languorous, lax, Lenten, light, loose, low, meager, meagre, mean, mild, milk and water, namby-pamby, nerveless, one horse, pale, peaked, penny-a-line, pimping, poor, poorly, powerless, quiet, remotely, rickety, scraggy, scrawny, shaky, sickly, silly, skinny, slack, slight, small, soft, sorry, spare, squeal, stringent, tender, thin, washy, weak, weakly), sfrijit (emaciated, gaunt, scrawny, thin, wizened), se apleca (apply, bend, decline, nod, stoop), se înclina (bank, bevel, decline, dip, incline, list, slant, tilt up, tip), sãrac (barren, beggarly, destitute, empty, hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, low-lived, meager, meagre, mean, needful, needy, pauper, peeled, penniless, penurious, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, poor man, poverty stricken, scanty, small, sterile, stingy, void), neroditor (barren, fruitless, infructuous, jejune), neproductiv (fruitless, non-productive, poor, unproductive), fãrã grãsime, deşirat (clever, lank, loose, thin, unwound), carne slabã (lean meat), înclinare (batter, bent, bias, cant, cast, declension, dip, fancy, hang, inclination, leaning, liking, lurch, obliquity, pitching, slope, tilt), înclinaţie (addiction, aptness, disposition, grain, hade, inclination, incline, individuality, leaning, mind, notion, partiality, penchant, ply, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, relish, set, squint, taste, tendency, turn, twist, vein, vocation). (various references)

Russian 

сухощавый, убогий (impoverished, miserable, squalid), скудный (bare, barren, exiguous, hand-to-mouth, hungry, jimp, meager, meagre, penurious, scant, scanty, scarce, scrimp, scrimpy, skimpy, slender, spare, sparing, thin, tight), худой (lathy, liny, meager, meagre, raw boned, scraggy, skinny, spare, thin), тощий (gaunt, lank, scraggy, scrannel, skinny), наклоняться (bend, bend over, decline, dip, incline, nod, stoop, tilt, tip), наклонять (bend, cant, decline, droop, incline, slants, slope, stoop, tilt, tilting, tip, vail), наклон (bevel, bias, cant, declination, gradient, incidence, inclination, incline, nutation, pitch, rake, slope, slopping, tilt), налечь (apply), бедный (beggarly, hand-to-mouth, impecunious, livid, low-lived, miserable, one horse, penurious, poor, poverty stricken, poverty-stricken), постный (meager, meagre). (various references)

Scottish

seang (slender, slender-waisted), caol (narrow, slender), blian (insipid, the flank). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

suvonjav (lank, slim, spare), prisloniti (stand), postan (lenten), osloniti (rely), nasloniti (set against), naleći, nalaktiti, nagnuti (bank, cant, heel, incline, slant, slope, tilt, tip), nagib (bank, bevel, bias, camber, cant, descent, escarp, grade, gradient, heel, inclination, incline, list, offset, pitch, slant, slope, tilt, tip, weathering), mršav (emaciated, gaunt, meager, meagre, scraggy, scrannel, scrawny, skinny, thin), gladan (greedy, hungry, peckish, starveling, starving). (various references)

Spanish

apoyarse (lounge, recline), magro (meager, skinny), fino (choice, dainty, delicate, discriminating, fine, gaunt, genteel, gossamer, ladylike, nice, polished, refined, semiprecious, sharp, sheer, shrewd, slender, suave, subtil, subtile, subtle, thin), enjuto (dried up, dry, fatless, shrivelled up, skinny, spare). (various references)

Sranan

mangri (gaunt, meager, skimpy, skinny, thin), fini (gaunt, slender, thin). (various references)

Swedish

mager (gaunt, hungry, ill-conditioned, lank, meagre, parsimonious, peaked, raw boned, scanty, scraggy, scrawny, skinny, spare, thin), luta sig. (various references)

Tagalog

payát (gaunt, slender, thin). (various references)

Turkish

meyil (affection, aptitude, bias, cant, declivity, gradient, gravitation, inclination, incline, leaning, liking, obliquity, penchant, proclivity, proneness, propensity, slant, slope, talus, tendency, tide, tilt, trend), dayanmak (abut, be based on, be predicated on, bear up, bear up against, bear with, Brook, consist, endure, found, go on, ground, hang, hang on, hinge on, hold, hold on, hold one's own, hold out, hold up, last, lean upon, offer resistance, osculate, put up with, rely on, rely upon, repose, repose on, resist, rest, rest against, root in, stand, stand on, stand the racket, stand up, stand upon, stay, stick, stick it, stick out, survive, sweat out, take, take it, thole, tolerate, trace, wear, withstand), eğilim göstermek, eğilme (bending, buckle, curvature, dip, droop, flexure, hunch, inclination, inflection, inflexion, proneness, spring, stoop, tilt, tip), eğilmek (bend, bow, buckle, cant over, curve, dip, double, double up, droop, duck, fall down, hang, hang over, incline, sag, spring, stoop, strain, tilt, tip, warp, yield), fidan gibi (svelte), dayanma (endurance, osculation, resistance, resting, stand, stay, sufferance, tolerance, wear), kıt (close, constricted, droughty, exiguous, few, limited, meager, meagre, penurious, scant, scanty, scarce, scrimpy, short, skimp, skimpy, stingy), zayıf (atonic, bad mark, faint, fatless, feeble, feint, flaccid, flagging, frail, gaunt, gracile, invertebrate, low, nerveless, pithless, poor, puny, shaky, sinewless, slight, slim, small, spare, spent, thin, unmanly, weak, wishy washy, wishywashy), meyilli olmak (batter, be inclined, shelve, slant, slope, squint, sway), meyletmek (be inclined, incline, oblique, verge, verge on), verimsiz (abortive, barren, emaciated, fruitless, idle, ineffectual, inefficacious, inefficient, infertile, jejune, poor, sterile, thin, unfruitful, unproductive, unprofitable, unthrifty), yağsız (fatless), yaslamak (flatten, prop, prop up), yaslanmak (recline, repose, repose on, rest, rest against, sit back), ince (attenuate, attic, brittle, civilized, courteous, dainty, delicate, fine, fragile, graceful, gracile, gracious, keen, nice, polite, precision, refined, scarious, sharp, slender, slim, subtile, subtle, sylphish, sylphlike, sylphy, tenuous, thin, trickish, tricksy, tricky, urbane, vaporous). (various references)

Turkmen 

sцяemek, яaplamak, яanamak (oppress, press), hor (scrawny, thin), gyюarmak (diverge, slant). (various references)

Ukrainian

схил (bevel, chute, declension, decline, declivity, descent, down grade, fall, grade, incidence, pitch, shelving, side, skew, slant), спиратися (center, centre, rest), худий (angular, attenuate, emaciate, emaciated, ill-conditioned, jejune, lanky, meager, meagre, scrannel, skimpy, spare, spiny, thin), нахилятися (bend, bow, cant, decline, droop, duck, nod, slant, stoop, tilt, tip, tip up), нахиляти (cant, droop, incline, slant, slope, stoop, tilt, tip, tip up), низькооплачувана робота, бідний (bare, barren, destitute, fortuneless, necessitous, needful, needy, one horse, pauper, penurious, poor, scrannel, shabby, tenuous, underprivileged), пісне м'ясо, пісний (meager, meagre, scraggy), притулятися (nestle). (various references)

Vietnamese 

gầy còm nạc (leant), độ nghiêng (declination, inclination, leant, tilt), độ dốc chỗ nạc (leant). (various references)

Welsh

tenau (rarefied, sensitive, slender, thin), pwyso (press, rely, rest, weigh), gogwyddo (incline, slope), goachul (poorly, puny, sickly), cul (narrow). (various references)

Yucatec

hay (even, flat, gaunt, level, slender, smooth, thin). (various references)

innitatur, innitebatur, innitente, innitentibus, innitetur, inniti, innixi, innixum, macer, macilentae, macilentiores, macilentus, nitor, petilus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "lean": leaned, leaner, leaners, leanest, leaning, leanings, leanly, leanness, leannesses, leans, leant. (additional references)

Words ending with "lean": bioclean, cerulean, clean, glean, herculean, houseclean, overclean, preclean, reclean, spelean, superclean, ultraclean, unclean. (additional references)

Words containing "lean": ceruleans, cleanabilities, cleanability, cleanable, cleaned, cleaner, cleaners, cleanest, cleanhanded, cleaning, cleanlier, cleanliest, cleanliness, cleanlinesses, cleanly, cleanness, cleannesses, cleans, cleanse, cleansed, cleanser, cleansers, cleanses, cleansing, cleanup, cleanups, gleanable, gleaned, gleaner, gleaners, gleaning, gleanings, gleans, housecleaned, housecleaning, housecleanings, housecleans, oleander, oleanders, oleandomycin, oleandomycins, overcleaned, overcleaning, overcleans, precleaned, precleaning, precleans, recleaned, recleaning, recleans, uncleaned. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Lean" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: blean, ean, elaan, elban, elcan, elin, elsan, flean, ilan, ilian, Klean, laban, laen, Lafan, lana, lanan, lanj, latan, lauan, laun, lavan, leab, leag, leai, leana, leane, leano, leanv, leau, leav, leban, leea, leej, leen, leene, lefan, legan, Lehan, lein, Lelan, len, lena, Lenana, lenao, Lenau, lenay, lenn, lern, letan, Leun, leung, lewn, Lexan, leyanum, leyn, Lhea, lian, liang, liano, liasn, lican, lilan, lina, lkein, llen, loean, luan, Luhan, Luxan, lwen, Lyan, lycan, mlaen, oean, qean, tlian, zean. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: elan, lane.

-1 letter: ale, ane, lea, nae.

-2 letters: ae, al, an, el, en, la, na, ne.

+1 letter: alane, alien, aline, alone, anele, angel, angle, anile, ankle, anole, clean, elain, eland, elans, glean, laden, lance, lanes, laten, leans, leant, learn, leman, liane, naled, navel, panel, penal, plane, plena, renal, ulnae, venal.

+2 letters: adenyl, alevin, alexin, aliens, alined, aliner, alines, alkane, alkene, alkine, alkyne, almner, alpine, alvine, aneled, aneles, angels, angled, angler, angles, ankled, ankles, anklet, anlace, anlage, anneal, anoles, antler, apneal, baleen, bangle, benzal, cancel, candle, cannel, cantle, cental, cleans, cuneal, dandle, dangle, darnel, denial, dental, elains, elands, eluant, enable, enamel, enhalo, enlace, entail, eolian, etalon, fallen, finale, flamen, flanes, flange, flaxen, galena, gelant, genial, glance, gleans, handle, hansel, hantle, inhale, inlace, jangle, knawel, lacune, ladens, lagend, lagune, lament, lanate, lanced, lancer, lances, lancet, landed, lander, lanely, langue, lanker, lanner, lanose, larine, lateen, latens, latent, latten, launce, lawine, lawmen, laymen, leaden, leaned, leaner, leanly, learns, learnt, leaven, legman, lemans, levant, lianes, lienal, linage, lineal, linear, loaned, loaner, lunate, maline, mangel, mangle, mantel, mantle, meanly, menial, mensal, mental, nailed, nailer, naleds, namely, navels, nearly, neatly, nebula, neural, panels, penial, pineal, planed, planer, planes, planet, platen, rankle, regnal, reloan, renail, rental, replan, saline, sanely, sendal, silane, talent, tangle, tenail, thenal, tineal, tolane, unable, unlace, unlade, unlead, unreal, unseal, valine, veinal, venial, vernal, vineal, wandle, wangle, xenial.