| Noun | 1. | lean - 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"spatial relation, position - the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated; "the position of the hands on the clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage" | |
| Verb | 1. | lean - to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister"bend, flex - form a curve; "The stick does not bend" heel, list - tilt to one side; "The balloon heeled over"; "the wind made the vessel heel"; "The ship listed to starboard" | |
| 2. | lean - cause to lean or incline; "He leaned his rifle against the wall"lay, place, put, set, position, pose - put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" | |
| 3. | lean - 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"be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" take kindly to - be willing or inclined to accept; "He did not take kindly to my critical remarks" suffer - be given to; "She suffers from a tendency to talk too much" gravitate - move toward; "The conversation gravitated towards politics" | |
| 4. | lean - rely on for support; "We can lean on this man"rely, trust, swear, bank - have confidence or faith in; "We can trust in God"; "Rely on your friends"; "bank on your good education"; "I swear by my grandmother's recipes" | |
| 5. | lean - cause to lean to the side; "Erosion listed the old tree"move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" heel, list - tilt to one side; "The balloon heeled over"; "the wind made the vessel heel"; "The ship listed to starboard" | |
| Adj. | 1. | lean - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeareectomorphic - having a lightly-muscled build with long limbs thin - of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section; "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint" | |
| 2. | lean - lacking in mineral content or combustible material; "lean ore"; "lean fuel"rich - high in mineral content; having a a high proportion of fuel to air; "a rich vein of copper", "a rich gas mixture" | |
| 3. | lean - containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance" | |
| 4. | lean - low in mineral content; "a lean ore" | |
| 5. | lean - not profitable or prosperous; "a lean year"unprofitable - producing little or no profit or gain; "deposits abandoned by mining companies as unprofitable" | |