lean

About 7.95 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.

   a leaning column

2. verb To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc.

   I’m leaning towards voting Conservative in the next election.

3. verb To rest or rely, for support, comfort, to use as a hard surface for writing, etc.
4. verb To hang outwards.
5. verb To press against.
6. noun An inclination away from the vertical.

   The trees had various leans toward gaps in the canopy.

7. adjective Slim; not fleshy.
8. adjective Having little fat.

   lean steak cuts

Similar words

inclination incline tilt slant run trim wiry shrunken shrivelled shriveled

Often followed by

and on against over body forward back meat toward

Word family

David Lean Lean Sir David Lean leaned leaner leanest leaning leanly leanness leannesses