lean
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -iːn
[edit] Etymology 1
Old English hleonian (to bend, to recline, to lie down, to rest).
[edit] Verb
to lean (third-person singular simple present leans, present participle leaning, simple past and past participle leant or leaned)
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[edit] Translations
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[edit] Etymology 2
Old English hlæne.
[edit] Adjective
lean (comparative leaner, superlative leanest)
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- (of a person) slim; not fleshy.
- (of meat) having little fat.
- Having little extra or little to spare.
- a lean budget
- 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.
[edit] Synonyms
Wikisaurus has an article on “thin” in the sense of “skinny”.
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[edit] References
- lean in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- lean in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[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’”).
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Verb
lean
- to follow
[edit] Inflection
| singular | plural | autonomous | |||||||
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| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | leanaim | leanann tú; leanair† |
leanann sé, sí | leanaimid | leanann sibh | leanann siad; leanaid† |
leantar | |
| past | lean mé; leanas† |
lean tú; leanais† |
lean sé, sí | leanamar | lean sibh; leanabhair† |
lean siad; leanadar† |
leanadh | ||
| future | leanfaidh mé; leanfad† |
leanfaidh tú; leanfair† |
leanfaidh sé, sí | leanfaimid; leanfam† |
leanfaidh sibh | leanfaidh siad; leanfaid† |
leanfar | ||
| past habitual | leanainn | leantá | leanadh sé, sí | leanaimis | leanadh sibh | leanaidís | leantaí | ||
| imperative | leanaim | lean | leanadh sé, sí | leanaimis | leanaigí | leanaidís | leantar | ||
| conditional | leanfainn | leanfá | leanfadh sé, sí | leanfaimis | leanfadh sibh | leanfaidís | leanfaí | ||
| subjunctive | present | leana mé; leanad† |
leana tú; leanair† |
leana sé, sí | leanaimid | leana sibh | leana siad; leanaid† |
leantar | |
| past | leanainn | leantá | leanadh sé, sí | leanaimis | leanadh sibh | leanaidís | leantaí | ||
| verbal noun | leanúint | ||||||||
| past participle | leanta | ||||||||
† Dialect form
[edit] Old English
[edit] Pronunciation
- 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)
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[edit] Etymology 2
From Germanic. Cognate with Old Saxon lahan, Old High German lahan, Old Norse lá, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌽.
[edit] Verb
lēan (class VI strong: third-person singular preterite lōg, third-person plural preterite lōgon)
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Verb
lean (infinitive: leer)
- second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of leer.
- second-person plural (ustedes) present subjunctive form of leer.
- third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present subjunctive form of leer.
[edit] West Frisian
[edit] Noun
lean c.
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.)
