lean, spare, lank, lanky, gaunt, rawboned, scrawny, skinny mean thin because of an absence of excess flesh. lean stresses lack of fat and of curving contours.

Lean or purple drank (known by numerous local and street names) is a polysubstance drink used as a recreational drug. It's prepared by mixing prescription-grade cough or cold syrup containing an opioid …

lean adjective (NOT ENOUGH) If a period of time is lean, there is not enough of something, especially money or food, at that time:

LEAN definition: to incline or bend from a vertical position. See examples of lean used in a sentence.

1. a. Not fleshy or fat; thin. b. Containing little fat or less fat relative to a standard: lean hamburger. 2. a. Not productive or prosperous; meager: lean years. b. Containing little excess or waste; spare: a lean …

Lean is both a way of thinking and practice that always starts with the customer to create needed value with fewer resources and less waste.

Definition of lean verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Lean definition: To bend or slant away from the vertical.

Scant of flesh; not fat or plump; spare; thin; lank: as, a lean body. Free from fat; consisting only or chiefly of solid flesh or muscle: as, lean meat; the lean part of a steak.

lean on, [Informal.] to exert influence or pressure on in order to gain cooperation, maintain discipline, or the like: The state is leaning on the company to clean up its industrial wastes.