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lean
adj. thin, skinny; having little fat; meager, poor, lacking; spare; thrifty, economical


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leaner
Noun
1. (horseshoes) the throw of a horseshoe so as to lean against (but not encircle) the stake
(hypernym) throw
(derivation) lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle
(classification) quoits, horseshoes

 
lean
Noun
1. the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right"
(synonym) tilt, list, inclination, leaning
(hypernym) position, spatial relation
Verb
1. to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister"
(synonym) tilt, tip, slant, angle
(hypernym) bend, flex
(hyponym) slope, incline, pitch
(see-also) lean on, rest on, lean against
(derivation) tilt, list, inclination, leaning
2. cause to lean or incline; "He leaned his rifle against the wall"
(hypernym) put, set, place, pose, position, lay
(derivation) tilt, list, inclination, leaning
3. have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence"
(synonym) tend, be given, incline, run
(hypernym) be
(hyponym) take kindly to
4. rely on for support; "We can lean on this man"
(hypernym) trust, swear, rely, bank
5. cause to lean to the side; "Erosion listed the old tree"
(synonym) list
(hypernym) move
(verb-group) list, heel
Adjective
1. lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
(synonym) thin
(similar) anorexic, anorectic
(see-also) ectomorphic
(attribute) body weight
2. lacking in mineral content or combustible material; "lean ore"; "lean fuel"
(antonym) rich
3. containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"
(synonym) skimpy
(similar) insufficient, deficient
4. low in mineral content; "a lean ore"
(similar) insufficient, deficient
(classification) metallurgy
5. not profitable or prosperous; "a lean year"
(similar) unprofitable



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Lean
An experimental language from the University of Nijmegen and University of East Anglia, based on graph rewriting and useful as an intermediate language. Lean is descended from Dactl0.
Clean is a subset of Lean.
["Towards an Intermediate Language Based on Graph Rewriting", H.P. Barendregt et al in PARLE: Parallel Architectures and Languages Europe, G. Goos ed, LNCS 259, Springer 1987, pp.159-175].
(1995-01-25)


(c) Copyright 1993 by Denis Howe

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LEANER
PIÙ MAGRO\SCARSO\POVERO

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leaner
Eng: leaner
Urdu: جھکنے والا . اعتماد کرنے والا
  

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