English to English
adjective
- lacking excess flesh
You can't be too rich or too thin.
Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look.
source: WordNet 3.0
- lacking in mineral content or combustible material
Lean ore.
Lean fuel.
source: WordNet 3.0
- Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; not plump; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean cattle.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
The tower had a pronounced tilt.
The ship developed a list to starboard.
He walked with a heavy inclination to the right.
source: WordNet 3.0
- That part of flesh which consists principally of muscle without the fat.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- containing little excess
A lean budget.
A skimpy allowance.
source: WordNet 3.0
- not profitable or prosperous
A lean year.
source: WordNet 3.0
verb
- to incline or bend from a vertical position
She leaned over the banister.
source: WordNet 3.0
- cause to lean or incline
He leaned his rifle against the wall.
source: WordNet 3.0
- have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
She tends to be nervous before her lectures.
These dresses run small.
He inclined to corpulence.
source: WordNet 3.0
- rely on for support
We can lean on this man.
source: WordNet 3.0
- cause to lean to the side
Erosion listed the old tree.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To conceal.
source: Webster 1913
- To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating; as, she leaned out at the window; a leaning column.
source: Webster 1913
- To cause to lean; to incline; to support or rest.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
adj
- [lin] Payát
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
verb
- [lin] Sumandig; humilig
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
