Meaning of lean | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An inclination away from the vertical.
2. A surname.
3. Meat with no fat on it.
   uncountable
4. A recreational drug composed of codeine-promethazine cough syrup mixed with usually soda and associated with the hip-hop culture of the Southern United States.
   US, slang, uncountable
5. To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating
6. A tilt or an inclination away from the vertical.
7. An organism that is lean in stature.
   countable
8. To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc
9. Meat with little or no fat.
10. To rest or rely, for support, comfort, to use as a hard surface for writing, etc
11. To hang outwards
12. Deviation from a particular direction:cant, grade, gradient, heel, inclination, incline, list, rake, slant, slope, tilt, tip.
13. To press against
14. a liking or preference. She has a leaning towards the arts. neiging مَيْل، نَزْعَه предпочитание inclinação sklon die Neigung sympati; interesse κλίση, προτίμησηinclinación kalduvus گرایش؛ میل taipumus penchant לִנטוֹת झुकाव naklonost, sklonost hajlam kecondongan tilhneiging inclinazione 好み 경향, 성향 palinkimas, polinkis tieksme; nosliece kecenderungan neigingtilbøyelighet, sympatiskłonność علاقه،مينه،شوق inclinação înclinaţie склонность sklon nagnjenje sklonost böjelse, intresse ความชอบ eğilim,...
15. onvrugbaarheid نحافَه، ضَئالَه، نحالَه слабост magreza hubenost die Magerkeit slankhed αδυναμίαdelgadez kõhnus لاغری؛ کم حاصلی niukkuus maigreurרזון दुर्बलता mršavost soványság kekurusan megurð magrezza やせていること 여윈 상태 liesumas kalsnums; nabadzīgums sedikit magertemagerhet chudość ډنګرتوب،بى حاصلى magreza înfăţişare costelivă худоба; скудость chudosť mršavost krtina magerhet, torftighet ความไม่อุดมสมบูรณ์ zayıflık; yağsızlık 精瘦，貧乏 худорба دبلاپن، قلّت 贫乏，缺乏
16. To bend or slant away from the vertical.
17. To incline the weight of the body so as to be supported: leaning against the doorpost. See Synonyms at slant.
18. To rely for assistance or support: Lean on me for help.
19. To have a tendency or preference: a government that leans toward fascism.
20. Informal To exert pressure: The boss is leaning on us to meet the deadline.
    Informal

Equivalents

Examples

“The trees had various leans toward gaps in the canopy.”

“Jack Sprat would eat no fat, / His wife would eat no lean.”

“The intermediates and leans are the predominant morphotypes found at the SE-NHR seamounts […]”

“Obese Zuckers, compared to leans, consumed more food under free-feeding conditions.”

“Eyes real tight 'cause I'm chokin' the creep; vision messed up 'cause I'm drinkin' the lean.”

“"What's in the cup, let me see that / Girl, where the rest of that promethazine at?" / She said, "Cool, gotta run out to my Cadillac though / And I'll be like Fat Joe, and bring the lean back"”

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