lean

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
2. To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc.
3. To rest or rely, for support, comfort, 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. 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. Meat with no fat on it.
2. 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.

Concepts

maigre

s’appuyer

pencher

mince

appuyer

incliner

se pencher

accoter

appuyer sur

maigrir

s’adosser

serré

pauvre

inclinaison

amaigri

tordre

inclination

pente

s’accoter

sans graisse

s’appuyer sur

hâve

liste

se presser

s’incliner

courber

plier

basculer

gaspiller

gîter

ruiner

se concentrer sur

s’appliquer

vider

prendre partie pour

être corrompu

être injuste

être partial

soutenir

émincé

appuyé

affamé

devenir maigre

faire maigrir

très maigre

maigrelet

décharné

efflanqué

famélique

grêle

nerveuse

nerveux

osseuse

osseux

étique

décharnée

efflanquée

s'appuyer

avoir tendance à

courir

tendre

traiter de

presser

adosser

donner de la bande

aux gros os

cadavéreux

plein d’arêtes

plein d’os

squelettique

à gros os

émacié

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/liːn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.