lean

Words with a similar base: lean, leaning

'lean'

[tilt.n.04] as in: the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical

Examples:
the tower had a pronounced tilt
the ship developed a list to starboard
he walked with a heavy inclination to the right

joust, controversy, tilt, tilt, rock, lean, cant, careen, tilt, list, list, list, list, list, number, inclination, inclination, inclination, dip, inclination, tendency, inclination, lean, tend, lean, thin, lean, lean, lean, leaning, proclivity, leaning, atilt

joust, controversy, tilt, tilt, rock, lean, cant, careen, tilt, list, list, list, list, list, number, slope, ramp, tend, incline, incline, slope, incline, dispose, lean, lean, thin, lean, lean, lean

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position, entity

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dilute, dip, discard, dispose, flimsy, hapless, inadequate, inclination, lean, leanness, list, meagerness, modify, nonfat, poor, poor_people, qualify, reduce, slender, sparse, stipulate, tend, tendency, thin, thinly, tilt

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'lean'

[lean.v.01] as in: to incline or bend from a vertical position

Examples:
She leaned over the banister

tilt, lean, lean, tend, lean, list, thin, lean, lean, lean, joust, controversy, tilt, rock, cant, careen, tilt, tip, gratuity, tip, point, peak, tip, tip, tip, topple, tiptoe, tap, tip_off, tip, slant, pitch, slant, slant, angle, angle, angle, fish, angle

tilt, lean, lean, tend, lean, list, thin, lean, lean, lean, leaner, joust, controversy, tilt, rock, cant, careen, tilt, slant, pitch, slant, slant, angle, angle, angle, fish, angle

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bend, change

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slope, weather, lean_back, list

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act, affect, be_active, bend, bending, change, crouch, deepen, deflect, depart, deviate, dilute, exchange, flex, flimsy, fold, go, hapless, inadequate, lean, leanness, leave, list, meagerness, motion, motivate, move, nonfat, poor, poor_people, reduce, sidetrack, slender, sparse, switch, tend, thin, thinly, tilt, transfer, travel, variety

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'lean'

[lean.v.02] as in: cause to lean or incline

Examples:
He leaned his rifle against the wall

tilt, lean, lean, tend, lean, list, thin, lean, lean, lean

tilt, lean, lean, tend, lean, list, thin, lean, lean, lean, leaner

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put, move

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dilute, flimsy, hapless, inadequate, lean, leanness, list, meagerness, nonfat, poor, poor_people, reduce, slender, sparse, tend, thin, thinly, tilt

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'lean'

[tend.v.01] as in: have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined

Examples:
She tends to be nervous before her lectures
These dresses run small
He inclined to corpulence

tend, tend, tend, tilt, lean, lean, lean, list, thin, lean, lean, lean, slope, ramp, incline, incline, slope, incline, dispose, run, test, footrace, streak, run, run, run, run, run, run, rivulet, political_campaign, run, discharge, run, run, run, scat, run, operate, run, run, function, range, campaign, play, run, run, run, run, run, prevail, run, run, carry, run, guide, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, ply, hunt, race, move, melt, ladder, run

inclination, leaning, tendency, tendency, inclination, inclination, dip, inclination, tilt, inclination

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suffer, gravitate, take_kindly_to

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affair, bring, busy, campaign, carry, cultivate, dilute, dip, discard, discharge, dispose, employment, exercise, exploit, ferment, flimsy, footrace, function, guide, hapless, hunt, inadequate, inclination, influence, interfering, knead, ladder, lean, leanness, list, make, meagerness, melt, modify, move, nonfat, oeuvre, officiate, operate, play, ply, political_campaign, poor, poor_people, prevail, qualify, race, range, reduce, rivulet, routine, run, scat, serve, shape, slender, solve, sour, sparse, stipulate, streak, study, tend, tendency, test, thin, thinly, tilt, work, workplace

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'lean'

[lean.v.04] as in: rely on for support

Examples:
We can lean on this man

tilt, lean, lean, tend, lean, list, thin, lean, lean, lean

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trust, think

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believe, confidence, dilute, entrust, faith, flimsy, hapless, hope, inadequate, lean, leanness, list, meagerness, nonfat, poor, poor_people, reduce, reliance, slender, sparse, tend, thin, thinly, tilt, trust

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'lean'

[list.v.03] as in: cause to lean to the side

Examples:
Erosion listed the old tree

list, tilt, list, list, list, list, number, lean, lean, tend, lean, thin, lean, lean, lean

list

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move

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act, affect, be_active, dilute, flimsy, go, hapless, inadequate, lean, leanness, list, meagerness, motion, motivate, move, nonfat, poor, poor_people, reduce, slender, sparse, tend, thin, thinly, tilt, travel

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'lean'

[thin.a.02] as in: lacking excess flesh; ; -Shakespeare

Examples:
you can't be too rich or too thin
Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look

thin, thin, dilute, reduce, thin, thin, slender, sparse, thin, thin, thin, flimsy, thinly, tilt, lean, lean, tend, lean, list, lean, lean, lean

ectomorphic, thin, anorexic, scraggy, slender, spare, spindle-legged, stringy, twiggy, scarecrowish, shriveled, deep-eyed, rawboned, reedy, gangling, bony, lank, wisplike, slender-waisted, thinness, leanness, fineness, sparseness, thinness, meagerness

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fat, adipose_tissue, fatness, fatten, fat, fat, fatty, fat, fat

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thin

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abridge, acquire, addition, adipose_tissue, advance, amplification, blockheaded, boil_down, broad, chummy, compact, decline, dense, densely, deoxidize, derive, dilute, ebb, ectomorphic, empty, endomorphic, entire, evacuate, fall_back, fat, fatness, fatso, fatten, fatty, fineness, flimsy, full, full_moon, fully, gain, hapless, inadequate, lag, lean, leanness, list, lose, loss, meagerness, mesomorphic, midst, misplace, miss, nonfat, passing, personnel_casualty, poor, poor_people, profit, reach, reduce, relapse, repress, shrink, slender, slurred, sparse, sparseness, suffer, tend, thick, thicken, thickly, thin, thinly, thinness, tilt, vacate, wane, wax, wide

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'lean'

[lean.a.02] as in: lacking in mineral content or combustible material

Examples:
lean ore
lean fuel

tilt, lean, lean, tend, lean, list, thin, lean, lean, lean

meagerness, leanness

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rich_people, rich, rich, rich, fat, deep, rich, rich, rich, rich, full-bodied, rich, ample

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lean

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adipose_tissue, ample, deep, dilute, fat, fatness, fatten, fatty, flimsy, full-bodied, hapless, inadequate, lean, leanness, list, meagerness, nonfat, poor, poor_people, reduce, rich, rich_people, slender, sparse, tend, thin, thinly, tilt

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'lean'

[lean.s.01] as in: containing little excess

Examples:
a lean budget
a skimpy allowance

tilt, lean, lean, tend, lean, list, thin, lean, lean, lean

insufficient, meagerness, leanness

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lean

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dilute, flimsy, hapless, inadequate, insufficient, lean, leanness, list, meagerness, nonfat, poor, poor_people, reduce, slender, sparse, tend, thin, thinly, tilt

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'lean'

[lean.s.02] as in: not profitable or prosperous

Examples:
a lean year

tilt, lean, lean, tend, lean, list, thin, lean, lean, lean

unprofitable, meagerness, leanness

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lean

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dilute, flimsy, hapless, inadequate, lean, leanness, list, meagerness, nonfat, poor, poor_people, reduce, slender, sparse, tend, thin, thinly, tilt, unprofitable

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Origins

					lean (English)
├── lene (Middle English (1100-1500))
│   └── hlæne (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
└── lenen (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── hleonian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

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