lean

(Inglese)

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.

Opposto di

rich, enrich

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/liːn/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: lenen

Ereditato da inglese antico: hleonian

Affine olandese medio: leunen

Affine tedesco: lehnen

Ereditato da inglese medio: lene

Ereditato da inglese antico: hlǣne

Affine basso tedesco: leen

Affine inglese antico: hlinian

Affine tedesco: 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.

Concetti

magro

appoggiare

sottile

sostenere

inclinare

inclinarsi

sporgere

curvarsi

inclinazione

smilzo

pendenza

pendere

snello

poggiare

asciutto

concordare

sparuto

scheletrico

acconsentire

reclinare

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sporgersi

sbandare

scarno

scremato

sdraiarsi

slanciato

smunto

sostenersi

striminzito

appoggiarsi

tenersi

stare sdraiato

senza forze

stendersi su un lato

carne di male aspetto

mettere su un lato

deperite

deperita

bandare

debole

giacere

piegare

puntare

ricca

scarso

secco

sodo

sterile

tendere

adagiare

sinonimi

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

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bend over

withered

run

angle

rawboned

be given

cant

duck

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dry out

stand

lanky

dip

heel

Traduzioni

maigre

mager

s’appuyer

lehnen

pencher

mince

mager

appuyer

delgado

magre

steunen

flaco

magro

neigen

apoyar