lean

Meaning

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.

thin

lean against

rest against

be given

become thin

be inclined

be bent

be leaning

scarce

grow thin

incline toward

lean meat

become skinny

be thin

cause to lean

set against

yield

accuse falsely

be disposed to

be liable

be prejudiced

come close to

have a tendency

rarified

tall and thin

trend toward

be prone to

heed over

be one-sided

be partial

be biased

be biassed

corpselike

deflectivity

skin and bone

be apt

be skinny

flat buttocks

lie at an angle

lie on one side

not bulky

not fat

destitute of fat

osteal

unfattened

slab sided

bareboned

back against

extremely thin

be sustained

concentrate on

conduce

depend on

draw close

lean back

raw boned

rest on

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/liːn/

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.