Main entry: lean, leaning, list, tilt, inclination
Definition: the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
Usage: the tower had a pronounced tilt; the ship developed a list to starboard; he walked with a heavy inclination to the right
Main entry: lean
Definition: rely on for support
Usage: We can lean on this man
Main entry: lean
Definition: cause to lean or incline
Usage: He leaned his rifle against the wall
Main entry: slant, tilt, tip, angle, lean
Definition: to incline or bend from a vertical position
Usage: She leaned over the banister
Definition: cause to lean to the side
Usage: Erosion listed the old tree
Main entry: tend, be given, run, lean, incline
Definition: have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
Usage: She tends to be nervous before her lectures; These dresses run small; He inclined to corpulence
Definition: lacking excess flesh
Usage: you can't be too rich or too thin; Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look-Shakespeare
Main entry: lean
Definition: not profitable or prosperous
Usage: a lean year
Main entry: lean
Definition: lacking in mineral content or combustible material
Usage: lean ore; lean fuel
Definition: containing little excess
Usage: a lean budget; a skimpy allowance