[liːn], (Verb)

Definitions:
- be in or move into a sloping position
(e.g: he leaned back in his chair)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English hleonian, hlinian, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch leunen and German lehnen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin inclinare and Greek klinein

[liːn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a deviation from the perpendicular; an inclination
(e.g: the vehicle has a definite lean to the left)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English hleonian, hlinian, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch leunen and German lehnen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin inclinare and Greek klinein

[liːn], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of a person or animal) thin, especially healthily so; having no superfluous fat
(e.g: his lean, muscular body)

- offering little reward, substance, or nourishment; meagre
(e.g: the lean winter months)

- (of a vaporized fuel mixture) having a high proportion of air
(e.g: lean air-to-fuel ratios)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English hlǣne, of Germanic origin

[liːn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the lean part of meat
(e.g: the man who eats no fat and the wife who eats no lean)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English hlǣne, of Germanic origin