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Synonyms for lean
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Princeton's WordNet
tilt, list, inclination, lean, leaning(adj)
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"
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rock, disceptation, list, magnetic dip, careen, magnetic inclination, angle of dip, sway, leaning, contention, tilt, argument, joust, inclination, controversy, inclination of an orbit, disputation, propensity, contestation, arguing, disposition, tendency, inclining, angle of inclination, proclivity, dip, listingAntonyms:
profitable, sufficient, richthin, lean(adj)
lacking excess flesh
"you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
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slender, sparse, slight, tenuous, fragile, thin, flimsy, skimpyAntonyms:
rich, sufficient, profitablelean(adj)
lacking in mineral content or combustible material
"lean ore"; "lean fuel"
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rich, profitable, sufficientlean, skimpy(adj)
containing little excess
"a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"
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sufficient, rich, profitablelean(verb)
not profitable or prosperous
"a lean year"
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rich, sufficient, profitablelean, tilt, tip, slant, angle(verb)
to incline or bend from a vertical position
"She leaned over the banister"
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pitch, topple, run, be given, list, careen, fish, wobble, tiptoe, tip, tip off, fee, tap, shift, tilt, tippytoe, bung, cant over, tumble, incline, cant, angle, slant, weight, tendAntonyms:
sufficient, rich, profitablelean(verb)
cause to lean or incline
"He leaned his rifle against the wall"
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slant, run, list, angle, tend, be given, incline, tip, tiltAntonyms:
sufficient, rich, profitabletend, be given, lean, incline, run(verb)
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"
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course, operate, list, hunt, fly the coop, work, scat, move, turn tail, range, run, tilt, function, lead, lam, flow, melt down, track down, break away, head for the hills, extend, hunt down, endure, bunk, take to the woods, consort, execute, feed, prevail, bleed, carry, scarper, go, unravel, play, die hard, race, pass, pitch, escape, dispose, black market, persist, incline, ladder, draw, hightail it, be given, slope, campaign, angle, tend, run away, ply, guide, melt, tip, slant, run forAntonyms:
profitable, rich, sufficientlean(verb)
rely on for support
"We can lean on this man"
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slant, run, list, angle, tend, be given, incline, tip, tiltAntonyms:
rich, sufficient, profitablelist, lean(verb)
cause to lean to the side
"Erosion listed the old tree"
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slant, run, list, heel, incline, name, tend, number, angle, tip, be given, tiltAntonyms:
rich, sufficient, profitable
English Synonyms and Antonyms
lean
To tilt or tip is to throw out of a horizontal position by raising one side or end or lowering the other; the words are closely similar, but tilt suggests more of fluctuation or instability. Slant and slope are said of things somewhat fixed or permanent in a position out of the horizontal or perpendicular; the roof slants, the hill slopes. Incline is a more formal word for tip, and also for slant or slope. To cant is to set slantingly; in many cases tip and cant might be interchanged, but tip is more temporary, often momentary; one tips a pail so that the water flows over the edge; a mechanic cants a table by making or setting one side higher than the other. A vessel careens in the wind; lists, usually, from shifting of cargo, from water in the hold, etc. Careening is always toward one side or the other; listing may be forward or astern as well. To heel over is the same as to careen, and must be distinguished from "keel over," which is to capsize.
Synonyms:
cant, careen, dip, heel over, incline, list, slant, slope, tilt, tip
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Dictionary of English Synonymes
lean(v. n.)
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incline (from a perpendicular)lean(v. n.)
lean(v. n.)
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tend, have a tendencylean(v. a.)
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rest, incline for supportlean(a.)
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thin, poor, gaunt, emaciated, meagre, lank, skinny, fallen awaylean(a.)
lean(a.)
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scanty, slender, pitiful, inadequate, not full or abundant, not plentiful, not ample, not enough
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
lean
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MedspeakUK Lean philosophy, lean thinking
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How to use lean in a sentence?
Depend not on another, but lean instead on thyself...True happiness is born of self-reliance.
The government was not happy with us not bidding that contract because they had felt that...they had bent over backwards to lean the fill to our advantage. We saw it as a cost shootout between us and SpaceX.
A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary.
When I watch Floyd Mayweather train I have to find something to lean against, floyd Mayweather sessions last for so long that my legs get tired just standing there.
We lean against the conventional thinking that Biden = tax hikes = bad for the market, there is more at play, and the calculus behind the totality of proposals is complicated, with the impact of tax increases potentially offset by a repairing of trade relationships around the world.
Translations for lean
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- الخالية منArabic
- abocar, magre, repenjar-se, inclinarCatalan, Valencian
- opřítCzech
- lehnen, knapp, dürr, anlehnen, mager, schlankGerman
- reclinar, apoyar, delgado, magro, esbelto, ajustado, arrimar, estrecho, sobreoxigenado, declinarSpanish
- لمیدنPersian
- nojata, kallistaa, laiha, nojautua, hoikka, kallistuaFinnish
- serré, pauvre, presser, mince, maigre, pencherFrench
- delgado, delgadaGalician
- sandarIndonesian
- appoggiare, sporgersi, ricca, adagiare, slanciato, magro, scarso, sodo, asciutto, adagiarsi, magra, reclinare, pendereItalian
- 傾く, もたれるJapanese
- ನೇರKannada
- 기대다Korean
- پاڵدانهوهKurdish
- liess, kalsnsLatvian
- whararaMāori
- leneNorwegian
- leunen, mager, tenger, aanleunenDutch
- lene, bikkeNorwegian Nynorsk
- mager, slankNorwegian
- oprzeć sięPolish
- esbelto, reclinar-se, magro, [[apoiar]]-[[se]]Portuguese
- slab, ține, inclina, subțire, rezemaRomanian
- бедный, обеднённый, поджарый, прислоняться, опираться, скромный, тощий, постный, наклоняться, опереться, наклониться, сухощавый, скудный, худой, прислонитьсяRussian
- viseti, nasloniti seSlovene
- mager, smal, lutaSwedish
- zayıf, kıt, dayanmak, yağlı, yağsız, yaslanmak, inceTurkish
- kambag'al, ozg'inUzbek
- maigueWalloon
- 靠Chinese
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