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- US Pronunciation
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- [leen]
- /lin/
- /liːn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [leen]
- /lin/
Definitions of lean word
- verb without object lean to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window. 1
- verb without object lean to incline, as in a particular direction; slant: The post leans to the left. The building leaned sharply before renovation. 1
- verb without object lean to incline in feeling, opinion, action, etc.: to lean toward socialism. 1
- verb without object lean to rest against or on something for support: to lean against a wall. 1
- verb without object lean to depend or rely (usually followed by on or upon): someone he could lean on in an emergency. 1
- verb with object lean to incline or bend: He leaned his head forward. 1
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Origin of lean
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English lenen, Old English hleonian, hlinian; cognate with G. lehnen; akin to Latin clīnāre to incline, Greek klī́nein
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Parts of speech for Lean
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
lean popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
lean usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for lean
verb lean
- incline — to deviate from the vertical or horizontal; slant.
- veer — to change direction or turn about or aside; shift, turn, or change from one course, position, inclination, etc., to another: The speaker kept veering from his main topic. The car veered off the road.
- drift — a driving movement or force; impulse; impetus; pressure.
- nod — to make a slight, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command.
- tilt — to furnish with a tilt.
noun lean
- inclination — a disposition or bent, especially of the mind or will; a liking or preference: Much against his inclination, he was forced to resign.
- inclined plane — one of the simple machines, a plane surface inclined to the horizon, or forming with a horizontal plane any angle but a right angle. Compare machine (def 4b).
- flection — the act of bending.
- gradient — the degree of inclination, or the rate of ascent or descent, in a highway, railroad, etc.
- steepness — having an almost vertical slope or pitch, or a relatively high gradient, as a hill, an ascent, stairs, etc.
adjective lean
- thin — having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick: thin ice.
- slender — having a circumference that is small in proportion to the height or length: a slender post.
- slim — slender, as in girth or form; slight in build or structure.
- wiry — made of wire.
- sinewy — having strong sinews: a sinewy back.
Antonyms for lean
verb lean
- straighten — make straight
- increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- ascend — If you ascend a hill or staircase, you go up it.
- dislike — to regard with displeasure, antipathy, or aversion: I dislike working. I dislike oysters.
- disregard — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
adjective lean
- stout — bulky in figure; heavily built; corpulent; thickset; fat: She is getting too stout for her dresses. Synonyms: big, rotund, stocky, portly, fleshy. Antonyms: thin, lean, slender, slim; skinny, scrawny.
- chubby — A chubby person is rather fat.
- fat — File Allocation Table
- heavy — of great weight; hard to lift or carry: a heavy load.
- plump — direct; downright; blunt.
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