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What does lean mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word lean? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
  2. To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; with to, toward, etc.
  3. To rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc.; with on, upon, or against.
  4. To hang outwards.
  5. To press against.
Noun
  1. (of an object taller than its width and depth) An inclination away from the vertical.
Adjective
  1. (of a person or animal) slim; not fleshy.
  2. (of meat) having little fat.
  3. Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.
  4. Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.
  5. (printing, archaic) Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed to fat.
  6. efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing"
Noun
  1. Meat with no fat on it.
Verb
  1. To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen.
Verb
  1. To conceal.
Noun
  1. (slang) A recreational drug based on codeine laced promethazine cough syrup, popular in the hip-hop community in the southern United States.
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