lean

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

mager

steunen

leunen

schragen

stutten

overhellen

schraal

ondersteunen

aflopen

buigen

sprietig

zich bukken

hellen

dun

luchtig

aanleunen

tenger

schaars

schriel

spichtig

ruggesteunen

neigen

karig

dragen

hoekvormig

uitgemergeld

zich verlaten

uitgeblust

schoren

Tegenovergesteld aan

rich, enrich

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

maigre

magro

mager

s’appuyer

pencher

lehnen

mince

delgado

appuyer

magre

flaco

apoyar

neigen

magro

appoggiare

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/liːn/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: lenen

Overgenomen van Oudengels: hleonian

Verwant aan Middelnederlands: leunen

Verwant aan Duits: lehnen

Overgenomen van Middelengels: lene

Overgenomen van Oudengels: hlǣne

Verwant aan Nedersaksisch: leen

Verwant aan Oudengels: hlinian

Verwant aan Duits: 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.