Definition: 1. The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical. 2. To incline or bend from a vertical position. 3. Cause to lean or incline. 4. Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined. 5. Rely on for support.
Use 'lean' in a sentence:
1. Study on the orientation and lean adjustment of vehicle license plate.
2. Like most athletes, she was lean and muscular.
3. I thought how I could lean my head back to rest on her shoulder whenever I wanted.
4. Lean means doing more with less.
5. Great nobles walked upon each side of him, making him lean upon them, and so steady his steps.
6. A man was leaning out of the window.
7. He leaned back, exulting at the success of his plan.
8. He is one of those lean, hyper-fit people.
9. He was a lean, patrician gent in his early sixties.
10. It is a tight, buff, lean, and mean fighting machine.
11. Yet there are doubts whether people watching television, a "lean back" medium, crave interaction.
12. I thought that Lean Path was worth mentioning, too.
13. There are steps you can take to help reduce abdominal fat and maintain lean muscle mass as you age in order to protect both your physical and mental wellbeing.
14. My parents lived through the lean years of the 1930s.
15. The reporter suggests that one of the biggest levers for delivering this opportunity is "increased efficiency through management and behavioural change"—in other words, lean and green management.
16. The changes made the company leaner and more competitive.
17. In fact, going beyond compliance saves cost at the same time that it generates cash, provided that management adopts the new lean and green model.
18. He said officers told him to get out of his car and lean against it.
19. He was tall, lean and muscular.
20. Can I lean my bike against the wall?
21. He smiled drily and leaned back in his chair.
22. He was tall, lean and handsome.
23. Mr. Goss does not believe in any of this newfangled nonsense about lean meat.
24. He leant against the car, gulping in the cold air.
25. She leaned forward, hunching over the desk.
26. Fill in the remaining one quarter with lean meat or chicken, fish or eggs.
27. Research on Measuring Technique for the Image Lean of Telescope System with Digital Image Processing.
28. Don't lean out of the window.
29. Obese people tend to have higher blood pressure than lean people.
30. The tower is leaning dangerously.
31. There is little wastage from a lean cut of meat.
32. It is a beautiful meat, very lean and tender.
33. The cash dividends they get from the cash crop would sustain them during the lean season.
34. She was feeling tired and was glad to lean against him.
35. The UK leant towards the US proposal.
36. He was leaning over the gate chewing on a straw.
37. They stopped to lean over a gate.
38. She walked slowly, leaning on her son's arm.
39. She was leaning negligently against the wall.
40. A shovel was leaning against the wall.
41. She leaned against the wall.
42. I leaned back in my chair.
43. The government aims to make British industry leaner and fitter.
44. The old lady leant on her stick as she talked.
45. She leaned over and whispered something in his ear.
46. He leaned forward while the nurse plumped up his pillows.
47. She leaned on the ship's rail and gazed out to sea.
48. He leaned towards her and she stiffened at this invasion of her personal space.
49. Like most female athletes, she was lean and muscular.
50. She leaned forward and kissed him on the cheek.
51. The company recovered well after going through several lean years.
52. Lean, hard-training women athletes may menstruate less frequently or not at all.
