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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Innixion :: Innixion (n.) Act of leaning upon something; incumbency.
Clean :: Clean (superl.) Well-proportioned; shapely; as, clean limbs..
Sweepings :: Sweeping (a.) Cleaning off surfaces, or cleaning away dust, dirt, or litter, as a broom does; moving with swiftness and force; carrying everything before it; including in its scope many persons or things; as, a sweeping flood; a sweeping majority; a sweeping accusation..
Slink :: Slink (a.) Thin; lean.
Recruit :: Recruit (v. i.) To gain new supplies of anything wasted; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like; to recuperate; as, lean cattle recruit in fresh pastures..
Dry-rub :: Dry-rub (v. t.) To rub and cleanse without wetting.
Supine :: Supine (a.) Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined..
Fair :: Fair (superl.) Free from spots, specks, dirt, or imperfection; unblemished; clean; pure..
Clean-limbed :: Clean-limbed (a.) With well-proportioned, unblemished limbs; as, a clean-limbed young fellow..
Extenuation :: Extenuation (n.) The act of axtenuating or the state of being extenuated; the act of making thin, slender, or lean, or of palliating; diminishing, or lessening; palliation, as of a crime; mitigation, as of punishment..
Scraper :: Scraper (n.) An instrument by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from mud and the like, by drawing them across it..
Decline :: Decline (v. i.) To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend..
Falter :: Falter (v. t.) To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley..
Pure :: Pure (superl.) Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure air; pure compassion..
Burring Machine :: Burring machine () A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances..
Abstersive :: Abstersive (a.) Cleansing; purging.
Wallow :: Wallow (v. t.) To roll; esp., to roll in anything defiling or unclean..
Re- :: Re- () A prefix signifying back, against, again, anew; as, recline, to lean back; recall, to call back; recede; remove; reclaim, to call out against; repugn, to fight against; recognition, a knowing again; rejoin, to join again; reiterate; reassure. Combinations containing the prefix re- are readily formed, and are for the most part of obvious signification..
Clean :: Clean (superl.) Free from that which is corrupting to the morals; pure in tone; healthy.
Cleanlily :: Cleanlily (adv.) In a cleanly manner.
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