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Synonyms for lean
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
lean
To tilt or tip is to throw out of a horizontal position by raising one side or end or lowering the other; the words are closely similar, but tilt suggests more of fluctuation or instability. Slant and slope are said of things somewhat fixed or permanent in a position out of the horizontal or perpendicular; the roof slants, the hill slopes. Incline is a more formal word for tip, and also for slant or slope. To cant is to set slantingly; in many cases tip and cant might be interchanged, but tip is more temporary, often momentary; one tips a pail so that the water flows over the edge; a mechanic cants a table by making or setting one side higher than the other. A vessel careens in the wind; lists, usually, from shifting of cargo, from water in the hold, etc. Careening is always toward one side or the other; listing may be forward or astern as well. To heel over is the same as to careen, and must be distinguished from "keel over," which is to capsize.
Synonyms:
cant, careen, dip, heel over, incline, list, slant, slope, tilt, tip
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
leanverb
Synonyms:
incline, rest, support, tend, bend, depend, hang, repose, confide, slopeAntonyms:
stabilitate, erect, re-erect, raise, rise, straightenleanadjective
Synonyms:
meagre, lank, tabid, emaciated, shrivelled, bony, thin, scraggy, skinny, slender, scantyAntonyms:
fat, brawny, plump, well-conditioned
Princeton's WordNet
tilt, list, inclination, lean, leaningadjective
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"
Synonyms:
rock, disceptation, list, magnetic dip, careen, magnetic inclination, angle of dip, sway, leaning, contention, tilt, argument, joust, inclination, controversy, inclination of an orbit, disputation, propensity, contestation, arguing, disposition, tendency, inclining, angle of inclination, proclivity, dip, listingAntonyms:
profitable, sufficient, richthin, leanadjective
lacking excess flesh
"you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
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slender, sparse, slight, tenuous, fragile, thin, flimsy, skimpyAntonyms:
rich, sufficient, profitableleanadjective
lacking in mineral content or combustible material
"lean ore"; "lean fuel"
Antonyms:
rich, profitable, sufficientlean, skimpyadjective
containing little excess
"a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"
Antonyms:
sufficient, rich, profitableleanverb
not profitable or prosperous
"a lean year"
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rich, sufficient, profitablelean, tilt, tip, slant, angleverb
to incline or bend from a vertical position
"She leaned over the banister"
Synonyms:
pitch, topple, run, be given, list, careen, fish, wobble, tiptoe, tip, tip off, fee, tap, shift, tilt, tippytoe, bung, cant over, tumble, incline, cant, angle, slant, weight, tendAntonyms:
sufficient, rich, profitableleanverb
cause to lean or incline
"He leaned his rifle against the wall"
Synonyms:
slant, run, list, angle, tend, be given, incline, tip, tiltAntonyms:
sufficient, rich, profitabletend, be given, lean, incline, runverb
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"
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course, operate, list, hunt, fly the coop, work, scat, move, turn tail, range, run, tilt, function, lead, lam, flow, melt down, track down, break away, head for the hills, extend, hunt down, endure, bunk, take to the woods, consort, execute, feed, prevail, bleed, carry, scarper, go, unravel, play, die hard, race, pass, pitch, escape, dispose, black market, persist, incline, ladder, draw, hightail it, be given, slope, campaign, angle, tend, run away, ply, guide, melt, tip, slant, run forAntonyms:
profitable, rich, sufficientleanverb
rely on for support
"We can lean on this man"
Synonyms:
slant, run, list, angle, tend, be given, incline, tip, tiltAntonyms:
rich, sufficient, profitablelist, leanverb
cause to lean to the side
"Erosion listed the old tree"
Synonyms:
slant, run, list, heel, incline, name, tend, number, angle, tip, be given, tiltAntonyms:
rich, sufficient, profitable
Dictionary of English Synonymes
leanverb
Synonyms:
incline (from a perpendicular)leanverb
leanverb
Synonyms:
tend, have a tendencyleanverb
Synonyms:
rest, incline for supportleanadjective
Synonyms:
thin, poor, gaunt, emaciated, meagre, lank, skinny, fallen awayleanadjective
leanadjective
Synonyms:
scanty, slender, pitiful, inadequate, not full or abundant, not plentiful, not ample, not enough
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
lean
Synonyms:
MedspeakUK Lean philosophy, lean thinking
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How to use lean in a sentence?
I am definitely a Republicanon fiscal issues and the military, but I lean to the middle on social issues. I am no fan of abortion, but it’s not up to a man to tell a woman what to do. As an ordained minister I don’t look forward to marrying gay people, but I’m not opposed to it.
We now think that around 15 percent of voters are unhappy with the government's actions and are in search (of another party). I believe the majority will lean towards us.
If you’ve already had something sweet and sugary, stick with salad and lean protein, you don’t need the additional potato or pasta carbs piled on top.
Vladimir Putin will embrace the idea that we might self-deter every time he issues a press release. And lawyerly hair-splitting about providing this kind of weaponry is not escalatory but providing that kind of weaponry is escalatory – I don't think we really believe that, i think the administration is pushing the intelligence community to give them cover for lean forward decisions they don't want to be making.
We are going to do more with less, and make the Government lean and accountable to the people.
Translations for lean
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- الخالية منArabic
- abocar, magre, repenjar-se, inclinarCatalan, Valencian
- opřítCzech
- lehnen, knapp, dürr, anlehnen, mager, schlankGerman
- reclinar, apoyar, delgado, magro, esbelto, ajustado, arrimar, estrecho, sobreoxigenado, declinarSpanish
- لمیدنPersian
- nojata, kallistaa, laiha, nojautua, hoikka, kallistuaFinnish
- serré, pauvre, presser, mince, maigre, pencherFrench
- delgado, delgadaGalician
- sandarIndonesian
- appoggiare, sporgersi, ricca, adagiare, slanciato, magro, scarso, sodo, asciutto, adagiarsi, magra, reclinare, pendereItalian
- 傾く, もたれるJapanese
- ನೇರKannada
- 기대다Korean
- پاڵدانهوهKurdish
- liess, kalsnsLatvian
- whararaMāori
- leneNorwegian
- leunen, mager, tenger, aanleunenDutch
- lene, bikkeNorwegian Nynorsk
- mager, slankNorwegian
- oprzeć sięPolish
- esbelto, reclinar-se, magro, [[apoiar]]-[[se]]Portuguese
- slab, ține, inclina, subțire, rezemaRomanian
- бедный, обеднённый, поджарый, прислоняться, опираться, скромный, тощий, постный, наклоняться, опереться, наклониться, сухощавый, скудный, худой, прислонитьсяRussian
- viseti, nasloniti seSlovene
- mager, smal, lutaSwedish
- zayıf, kıt, dayanmak, yağlı, yağsız, yaslanmak, inceTurkish
- kambag'al, ozg'inUzbek
- maigueWalloon
- 靠Chinese
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