Lean | Mean of lean in English Dictionary

/ˈliːn/

• Verb
• to bend or move from a straight position
1. The tree leans to one side.
2. He leaned back in his chair.
3. They leaned over the table to smell the flowers.
• to cause (something) to bend or move from a straight position
1. They leaned their heads back.
2. He leaned his chair back.
• to rest on or against something or someone for support
1. You can lean on me if you get tired.
2. She stood leaning on her right leg.
3. The ladder was leaning against the house.

• to cause (something) to rest on or against something
1. He leaned the ladder against the house.
2. The boy leaned his head on his mother's shoulder.
• to depend on (someone or something) for support
1. He leaned on his family during the crisis.
2. She was someone you could lean on.
• to force or try to force (someone) to do something especially by making threats
1. They were leaning on the governor to pass the law.
• not having much fat on the body
1. She has a lean, athletic body.
2. a lean racehorse
• containing little or no fat
1. lean meat
2. (US) lean ground beef
• not having or producing much money, food, etc.
1. Those were lean years for the company. [=the company did not make much money in those years]
2. a lean budget/profit/harvest
• not using a lot of something (such as words or money)
1. He had a lean style of writing. [=his writing style did not use too many words]
2. She ran a lean and efficient company.
3. We wanted our business to be lean and mean.