Definition of lean

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Lean (v. i.) To cause to lean; to incline; to support or rest.

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Abstergent :: Abstergent (n.) A substance used in cleansing; a detergent; as, soap is an abstergent..
Cleanlily :: Cleanlily (adv.) In a cleanly manner.
Leaning :: Leaning (n.) The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a leaning towards Calvinism..
Rascal :: Rascal (v.) One of the rabble; a low, common sort of person or creature; collectively, the rabble; the common herd; also, a lean, ill-conditioned beast, esp. a deer..
Wipe :: Wipe (n.) Act of rubbing, esp. in order to clean..
Detergency :: Detergency (n.) A cleansing quality or power.
Purification :: Purification (n.) The act or operation of cleansing ceremonially, by removing any pollution or defilement..
Hand-hole :: Hand-hole (n.) A small hole in a boiler for the insertion of the hand in cleaning, etc..
Pollute :: Pollute (v. t.) To render ceremonially unclean; to disqualify or unfit for sacred use or service, or for social intercourse..
Rest :: Rest (v. t.) To place, as on a support; to cause to lean..
Crown :: Crown (n.) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure..
Propense :: Propense (a.) Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone; as, women propense to holiness..
Innixion :: Innixion (n.) Act of leaning upon something; incumbency.
Cleaning :: Cleaning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clea.
Glean :: Glean (v. t.) To gather after a reaper; to collect in scattered or fragmentary parcels, as the grain left by a reaper, or grapes left after the gathering..
Angular :: Angular (a.) Fig.: Lean; lank; raw-boned; ungraceful; sharp and stiff in character; as, remarkably angular in his habits and appearance; an angular female..
Enclitical :: Enclitical (v. i.) Affixed; subjoined; -- said of a word or particle which leans back upon the preceding word so as to become a part of it, and to lose its own independent accent, generally varying also the accent of the preceding word..
Plucker :: Plucker (n.) A machine for straightening and cleaning wool.
Birdlime :: Birdlime (n.) An extremely adhesive viscid substance, usually made of the middle bark of the holly, by boiling, fermenting, and cleansing it. When a twig is smeared with this substance it will hold small birds which may light upon it. Hence: Anything which insnares..
Sponge :: Sponge (v. t.) To cleanse or wipe with a sponge; as, to sponge a slate or a cannon; to wet with a sponge; as, to sponge cloth..
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