Lean
71lean*/*/ — [liːn] (past tense and past participle leant [lent] leaned; [liːnd] ) verb I 1) [I] to move your body by bending at the waist, bringing yourself closer to or further from someone or something The other girl leaned forward to hear what was going… …
72lean — [OE] Lean ‘thin’ and lean ‘incline’ are of course of completely different origin. The adjective goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *khlainjaz. The verb can be traced to an Indo European base *kli ‘lean, slope’, which has given English a wealth… …
73lean — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} verb ADVERB ▪ heavily ▪ lightly ▪ slightly ▪ casually, comfortably, lazily, nonchalantly …
74lean — I verb 1) Polly leaned against the door Syn: rest, recline 2) trees leaning in the wind Syn: slant, incline, bend, tilt, slope, tip, list 3) he leans …
75lean-to — {n.} 1. A shed for tools, such as spades, hoes, etc., attached to the wall of a house, * /Joe looked for the garden hose in the lean to./ 2. A small cabin in the country. * /They spend their weekends in their modest lean to in Wisconsin./ …
76lean-to — {n.} 1. A shed for tools, such as spades, hoes, etc., attached to the wall of a house, * /Joe looked for the garden hose in the lean to./ 2. A small cabin in the country. * /They spend their weekends in their modest lean to in Wisconsin./ …
77lean-to — /leen tooh /, n., pl. lean tos. 1. a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof. 2. a roof of a single pitch with the higher end abutting a wall or larger building. See illus. under roof. 3. a structure with …
78lean-to — noun 1. A shed for tools, such as spades, hoes, etc., attached to the wall of a house, Joe looked for the garden hose in the lean to. 2. A small cabin in the country. They spend their weekends in their modest lean to in Wisconsin …
79lean-to — noun A shelter with a sloped roof; also a building with a similar construction attached to the side of a building as an extension. “The only other alternative was to lodge her in the little modern lean to, which I have already described as being… …
80lean — 1. verb /liːn/ a) To hang outwards. b) To press against. 2. adjective /liːn/ a) slim; not fleshy …
