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lean

English

  1. 🔊 not profitable or prosperous
    “a lean year”
  2. 🔊 lacking in mineral content or combustible material
    “lean ore”
  3. 🔊 containing little excess
    “a lean budget”
  4. 🔊 lacking excess flesh
    “you can't be too rich or too thin”
  5. 🔊 the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
    “the tower had a pronounced tilt”
  6. 🔊 rely on for support
    “We can lean on this man”
  7. 🔊 cause to lean or incline
    “He leaned his rifle against the wall”
  8. 🔊 to incline or bend from a vertical position
    “She leaned over the banister”
  9. 🔊 cause to lean to the side
    “Erosion listed the old tree”
  10. 🔊 have a tendency or disposition to do or be something
    “She tends to be nervous before her lectures”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 momio lean
  2. 🔊 acodarse to lean
  3. 🔊 ladear to lean
  4. 🔊 trincar to lean
  5. 🔊 magro lean, without fat
  6. 🔊 apoyar to lean, to rest, to lie or lay
  7. 🔊 apoyar to lean, to rest, to be supported

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