lean

Letters that make lean

a, e, l, n are letters that make 'lean'

Words within lean

AN, Ea, lea, LE are words within 'lean'

Anagrams of lean

lane, elan are anagrams of 'lean'

Words created by adding a letter to the beginning or end of lean

glean, clean, leans, leant are words created by adding a letter to 'lean'

10 possible definitions for 'lean'

Lean as "not profitable or prosperous"

Under this definition, lean is an adjective and has the following properties:

Derivatives of lean

poorness, leanness, meagerness, meagreness, scantiness, scantness, exiguity are derivatives of 'lean'.

Similar to lean

unprofitable is similar to lean.

Example of lean used within this context

"a lean year"

Lean as "lacking in mineral content or combustible material"

Under this definition, lean is an adjective and has the following properties:

Antonyms

rich has the opposite meaning of lean

Derivatives of lean

poorness, leanness, meagerness, meagreness, scantiness, scantness, exiguity are derivatives of 'lean'.

Example of lean used within this context

"lean ore", "lean fuel"

Lean as "containing little excess"

Under this definition, lean is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

skimpy has the same meaning as lean

Derivatives of lean

poorness, leanness, meagerness, meagreness, scantiness, scantness, exiguity are derivatives of 'lean'.

Similar to lean

deficient, insufficient are similar to 'lean'.

Example of lean used within this context

"a lean budget", "a skimpy allowance"

Lean as "rely on for support"

Under this definition, lean is a verb and has the following properties:

lean as a type

'lean' can be a type of swear, rely, trust, bank.

Example of lean used within this context

"We can lean on this man"

Lean as "cause to lean or incline"

Under this definition, lean is a verb and has the following properties:

lean as a type

'lean' can be a type of set, lay, put, place, pose, position.

Derivatives of lean

list, leaning, inclination, lean, leaner, tilt are derivatives of 'lean'.

Example of lean used within this context

"He leaned his rifle against the wall"

Lean as "cause to lean to the side"

Under this definition, lean is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

list has the same meaning as lean

lean as a type

'lean' can be a type of move.

Verb groups of lean

list, heel are verb groups of 'lean'.

Lean as "have a tendency or disposition to do or be something, be inclined"

Under this definition, lean is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

incline, tend, be given, run have the same meaning as 'lean'

lean as a type

'lean' can be a type of be.

Types of lean

gravitate, take kindly to, suffer are types of 'lean'.

Derivatives of lean

tendency, disposition, leaning, inclination, propensity are derivatives of 'lean'.

Lean as "to incline or bend from a vertical position"

Under this definition, lean is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

angle, tip, tilt, slant have the same meaning as 'lean'

lean as a type

'lean' can be a type of bend, flex.

Types of lean

list, lean back, heel, incline, slope, weather, recline, pitch are types of 'lean'.

Derivatives of lean

list, slant, leaning, pitch, rake, inclination, angle, lean, leaner, rock, careen, sway, tilt are derivatives of 'lean'.

Example of lean used within this context

"She leaned over the banister"

Lean as "the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical"

Under this definition, lean is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

list, leaning, inclination, tilt have the same meaning as 'lean'

lean as a type

'lean' can be a type of spatial relation, position.

Derivatives of lean

list, lean, heel, incline, slope, angle, tip, pitch, tilt, slant are derivatives of 'lean'.

Lean as "lacking excess flesh"

Under this definition, lean is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

thin has the same meaning as lean

Antonyms

fat has the opposite meaning of lean

Attributes of lean

body weight is an attribute of lean.

Derivatives of lean

leanness, thinness, spareness are derivatives of 'lean'.

Similar to lean

anorectic, wiry, boney, stringy, wispy, reedy, reedlike, twiggy, scarecrowish, rawboned, shriveled, spare, bony, wasted, shrunken, scraggy, spindly, anorexic, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, deep-eyed, hollow-eyed, sunken-eyed, gangling, gangly, lanky, lank, twiglike, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy, shrivelled, withered, wizen, wizened, slender, slight, slim, svelte, slender-waisted, slim-waisted, wasp-waisted, trim, spindle-legged, spindle-shanked, wisplike are similar to 'lean'.

Example of lean used within this context

"you can't be too rich or too thin", "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare


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