Definition of lean

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Lean (v. i.) Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; not plump; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean cattle..

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Leanness :: Leanness (n.) The condition or quality of being lean.
Flush :: Flush (v. t.) To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water; as, to flush the meadows; to flood for the purpose of cleaning; as, to flush a sewer..
Scrag :: Scrag (n.) Something thin, lean, or rough; a bony piece; especially, a bony neckpiece of meat; hence, humorously or in contempt, the neck..
Rubber :: Rubber (n.) An instrument or thing used in rubbing, polishing, or cleaning..
Scullion :: Scullion (n.) A servant who cleans pots and kettles, and does other menial services in the kitchen..
Recline :: Recline (v. t.) Having a reclining posture; leaning; reclining.
Scranny :: Scranny (a.) Thin; lean; meager; scrawny; scrannel.
Rest :: Rest (v. t.) To place, as on a support; to cause to lean..
Whiting :: Whiting (n.) Chalk prepared in an impalpable powder by pulverizing and repeated washing, used as a pigment, as an ingredient in putty, for cleaning silver, etc..
Macilent :: Macilent (a.) Lean; thin.
Swabber :: Swabber (n.) Formerly, an interior officer on board of British ships of war, whose business it was to see that the ship was kept clean..
Purger :: Purger (n.) One who, or that which, purges or cleanses; especially, a cathartic medicine..
Lank :: Lank (superl.) Slender and thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.
Detersive :: Detersive (n.) A cleansing agent; a detergent.
Orleans :: Orleans (n.) A variety of the plum. See under Plum.
Falter :: Falter (v. t.) To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley..
Leaning :: Leaning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lea.
Incline :: Incline (v. t.) To cause to deviate from a line, position, or direction; to give a leaning, bend, or slope to; as, incline the column or post to the east; incline your head to the right..
Scratchbrush :: Scratchbrush (n.) A stiff wire brush for cleaning iron castings and other metal.
Hand-hole :: Hand-hole (n.) A small hole in a boiler for the insertion of the hand in cleaning, etc..
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