lean

Significat (Anglès)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
2. (copulative) To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc.
3. To rest or rely, for support, comfort, to use as a hard surface for writing, etc.
4. To hang outwards.
5. To press against.

Noun

An inclination away from the vertical.

Adj

1. Slim; not fleshy.
2. Having little fat.
3. Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.
4. Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.
5. (archaic) Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed to fat.
6. Efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing".

Noun

1. (uncountable) Meat with no fat on it.
2. (countable) An organism that is lean in stature.

Noun

A recreational drug based on codeine-laced promethazine cough syrup, especially popular in the hip hop community in the southeastern United States.

Conceptes

magre

recolzar

flac

inclinar

donar suport

escardalenc

decantar

estintolar

esquelètic

escanyolit

arrambar-se

reclinar

recolzar se

repenjar

decantar-se

recolzar-se

repenjar-se

abocar

recolsar-se

difícil

prim

sostenir

vinclar

adossar

inclinació

escàs

Oposat a

rich, enrich

Sinònims

thin

incline

skinny

emaciated

gaunt

tilt

slant

slender

slim

meager

bend

slope

meagre

support

stoop

list

skimpy

sustain

tip

weak

scrawny

rest

bend down

recline

spare

lank

poor

prop

tend

lean on

lean against

bony

scanty

sparse

leaning

inclination

bow

🙇

bend over

withered

run

angle

rawboned

be given

cant

duck

🦆

dry out

stand

lanky

dip

heel

Traduccions

maigre

magro

mager

s’appuyer

pencher

lehnen

mince

mager

appuyer

delgado

steunen

flaco

appoggiare

magro

neigen

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/liːn/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: lenen

Heretat de anglès antic: hleonian

Cognat amb neerlandès mitjà: leunen

Cognat amb alemany: lehnen

Heretat de anglès mitjà: lene

Heretat de anglès antic: hlǣne

Cognat amb baix alemany: leen

Cognat amb anglès antic: hlinian

Cognat amb alemany: leugnen

In summary

From Middle English lenen (“to lean”), from Old English hleonian, hlinian (“to lean, recline, lie down, rest”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlinēn, from Proto-Germanic *hlināną (“to lean, incline”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-.
Cognate via Proto-Germanic with Middle Dutch leunen (“to lean”), German lehnen (“to lean”); via Proto-Indo-European with climate, cline.