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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Armorer :: Armorer (n.) One who has the care of arms and armor, cleans or repairs them, etc..
Pendice :: Pendice (n.) A sloping roof; a lean-to; a penthouse.
Detergency :: Detergency (n.) A cleansing quality or power.
Rosebay :: Rosebay (n.) the oleander.
Willying :: Willying (n.) The process of cleansing wool, cotton, or the like, with a willy, or willow..
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..
Louse :: Louse (v. t.) To clean from lice.
Water-closet :: Water-closet (n.) A privy; especially, a privy furnished with a contrivance for introducing a stream of water to cleanse it..
Leaser :: Leaser (n.) One who leases or gleans.
Purger :: Purger (n.) One who, or that which, purges or cleanses; especially, a cathartic medicine..
Scullery :: Scullery (n.) A place where dishes, kettles, and culinary utensils, are cleaned and kept; also, a room attached to the kitchen, where the coarse work is done; a back kitchen..
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..
Rest :: Rest (v. t.) To place, as on a support; to cause to lean..
Clean :: Clean (adv.) Without miscarriage; not bunglingly; dexterously.
Glean :: Glean (n.) Cleaning; afterbirth.
Dress :: Dress (v. t.) To adjust; to put in good order; to arrange; specifically: (a) To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready; as, to dress a slain animal; to dress meat; to dress leather or cloth; to dress or trim a lamp; to dress a garden; to dress a horse, by currying and rubbing; to dress grain, by cleansing it; in mining and metallurgy, to dress ores, by sorting and separating them..
Dentilave :: Dentilave (n.) A wash for cleaning the teeth.
Cleaning :: Cleaning (n.) The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc..
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..
Crown :: Crown (n.) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure..
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