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lean [leen] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
lean [leen]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: bare, thin
Synonyms: angular, anorexic, barren, beanpole, bony, emaciated, gangling, gangly, gaunt, haggard, inadequate, infertile, lank, lanky, meager, no fat, pitiful, poor, rangy, rawboned, scanty, scraggy, scrawny, shadow*, sinewy, skinny, slender, slim, spare, sparse, stick, stilt, stringy, svelte, sylphlike, twiggy, unfruitful, unproductive, wasted, wiry, wizened, worn
Notes: lean means thin or without excess fat or containing little excess, while a lien is the right to take or sell another's property if an obligation is not met
Antonyms: fat, plump
Main Entry: lean
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be disposed
Synonyms: be prone, be willing, favor, gravitate toward, have propensity, incline, look, not mind, prefer, tend
Antonyms: dislike, not like
Main Entry: lean
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: count, depend on
Synonyms: bank on, believe in, bet bottom dollar, bet on, confide, gamble on, have faith, hinge on, lay money on, put faith in, rely, trust
Antonyms: disregard, forget
Example Sentences
  • Colleges have been finding creative ways to save money a time of lean finances.
  • The lean approach is standard: to install quality and cut waste through piles of inventory along the line.
  • The way you lean over your computer or carry your backpack may lead to big pains when competing in sports.
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Main Entry: angular
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: thin, especially referring to people
Synonyms: awkward, bony, gangling, gaunt, lank, lanky, lean, rangy, rawboned, scrawny, sharp, skinny, spare
Antonyms: fat, heavy, thick, weighted
Main Entry: bend
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: curve
Synonyms: angle, arc, bending, bow, corner, crook, curvation, curvature, deflection, deviation, flection, flexure, hook, lean, loop, round, sag, shift, tack, tilt, turn, twist, yaw, zigzag
Antonyms: line
Main Entry: bend
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: form or cause a curve
Synonyms: angle away, angle off, arch, bow, buckle, camber, careen, circle, contort, crimp, crinkle, crook, crouch, curl, deflect, deform, detour, double, droop, flex, genuflect, hook, incline, incurvate, lean, loop, pervert, round, spiral, stoop, swerve, tilt, turn, twist, veer, verge, warp, waver, wilt, wind, yaw, zigzag
Antonyms: straighten
Main Entry: careen
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: tilt; move wildly down path
Synonyms: bend, lean, lurch, pitch, sway, tilt
Notes: careen has a nautical origin and is a side-to-side trajectory while career is a headlong high-speed trajectory
Main Entry: concise
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: short, to the point
Synonyms: abridged, boiled down, breviloquent, brief, compact, compendiary, compendious, compressed, condensed, curt, epigrammatic, in a nutshell, laconic, lean, marrowy, meaty, pithy, short and sweet, succinct, summary, synoptic, terse
Antonyms: expansive, lengthy, long, long-winded, redundant, repetitive, wordy
Main Entry: droop
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hang down; languish
Synonyms: bend, dangle, decline, depress, diminish, drop, fade, fail, faint, fall down, flag, lean, let down, loll, lop, sag, settle, sink, sling, slouch, slump, subside, suspend, weaken, wilt, wither
Antonyms: inflate, rise
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