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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English hleonian (to bend, to recline, to lie down, to rest).

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to lean

Third person singular
leans

Simple past
leant or leaned

Past participle
[[leant or leaned]]

Present participle
leaning

to lean (third-person singular simple present leans, present participle leaning, simple past and past participle leant or leaned)

  1. To hang outwards.
  2. To press against.

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[edit] Etymology 2

Old English hlæne.

[edit] Adjective

lean (comparative leaner, superlative leanest)

  1. (of a person) slim; not fleshy.
  2. (of meat) having little fat.
  3. Having little extra or little to spare.
    a lean budget
  4. Of a fuel-air mixture, having more air than is necessary to burn all of the fuel; more air- or oxygen- rich than necessary for a stoichiometric reaction.

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  • Wikisaurus has an article on “thin” in the sense of “skinny”.

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[edit] Irish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Irish lenaid (stays, sticks (to), follows) < Proto-Celtic *linā- (stick) < Proto-Indo-European *(s)lei- (slimy); cf. Latin linō (anoint), Sanskrit लिनाति (lināti), sticks, stays).

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[edit] Verb

lean

  1. to follow

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[edit] Old English

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  • IPA: /ˈlæːɑn/

[edit] Etymology 1

From Germanic *launan, from a suffixed form of Indo-European *law- ‘catch’. Cognate with Old Frisian lān, Old Saxon lōn (Dutch loon), Old High German lōn (German Lohn), Old Norse laun (Swedish lön), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌽. The Indo-European root is also the source of Greek λεία (from *λαϝία), Latin lucrum, Old Church Slavonic ловъ (Russian лов), Old Irish lóg, Lithuanian lãvinti.

[edit] Noun

lēan n. (plural same)

  1. reward

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[edit] Etymology 2

From Germanic. Cognate with Old Saxon lahan, Old High German lahan, Old Norse , Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌽.

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lēan (class VI strong: third-person singular preterite lōg, third-person plural preterite lōgon)

  1. (transitive) to blame, find fault with, reproach

[edit] Spanish

[edit] Verb

lean (infinitive: leer)

  1. second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of leer.
  2. second-person plural (ustedes) present subjunctive form of leer.
  3. third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present subjunctive form of leer.

[edit] West Frisian

[edit] Noun

lean c.

  1. wage, wages, salary

Example

  • "Frank Lloyd Wright hat de baan krigen en syn earste lean wie 25 dollar yn 'e wike." (For his first salary, Frank Lloyd Wright received 25 dollars per week.)
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