LEAN — ТЛУМАЧЕННЯ
lean
The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical.
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- The tower had a pronounced tilt.
- The ship developed a list to starboard.
- He walked with a heavy inclination to the right.
Rely on for support.
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- We can lean on this man.
Cause to lean or incline.
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- He leaned his rifle against the wall.
To incline or bend from a vertical position.
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- She leaned over the banister.
Cause to lean to the side.
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- Erosion listed the old tree.
Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined.
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- She tends to be nervous before her lectures.
- These dresses run small.
- He inclined to corpulence.
Lacking excess flesh.
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- You can't be too rich or too thin.
- Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare.
Not profitable or prosperous.
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- A lean year.
Lacking in mineral content or combustible material.
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- Lean ore.
- Lean fuel.
Low in mineral content.
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- A lean ore.
Containing little excess.
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- A lean budget.
- A skimpy allowance.
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