lean als zelfstandig naamwoord: - 1
als werkwoord: - 1
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als bijvoeglijk naamwoord: - 1
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lean
zelfstandig naamwoord
1 lean
The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical.
synoniemen: inclination, leaning, list, tilt.
Pools: nachylenie, spadzistość, spad
werkwoord
1 lean
To incline or bend from a vertical position:
— She leaned over the banister.
synoniemen: angle, slant, tilt, tip.
Nederlands: leunen, overhangen, overhellen, uitwijken
2 lean
Cause to lean or incline.
3 lean
Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined.
synoniemen: be given, incline, run, tend.
Nederlands: plegen, zwemen
4 lean
Rely on for support.
Nederlands: aanleunen
5 lean
Cause to lean to the side.
synoniem: list.
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
1 lean
Lacking excess flesh:
— Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look.
synoniem: thin.
Roget 203:
narrow,
close;
slender,
thin,
fine;
thread-like
etc.
(filament)
205;
finespun†,
gossamer;
paper-thin;
taper,
slim,
slight-made;
scant,
scanty;
spare,
delicate,
incapacious†;
contracted
etc.
195;
unexpanded
etc.
(expand)
etc.
194†;
slender as a thread.
[in reference to people or animals]
emaciated,
lean,
meager,
gaunt,
macilent†;
lank,
lanky;
weedy,
skinny;
scrawny slinky [U.S.];
starved,
starveling;
herring gutted;
worn to a shadow,
lean as a rake
[Chaucer];
thin as a lath,
thin as a whipping post,
thin as a wafer;
hatchet-faced;
lantern-jawed.
attenuated,
shriveled,
extenuated,
tabid†,
marcid†,
barebone,
rawboned.
monomolecular.
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Pools: chudy
2 lean
Lacking in mineral content or combustible material.
3 lean
Containing little excess:
— A lean budget.
synoniem: skimpy.
Pools: maciupki
4 lean
Not profitable or prosperous.
Pools: chudy, szczupły
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