LEAN


Meaning of LEAN in English

adj. & n. --adj. 1 (of a person or animal) thin; having no superfluous fat. 2 (of meat) containing little fat. 3 a meagre; of poor quality (lean crop). b not nourishing (lean diet). 4 unremunerative. --n. the lean part of meat. ølean years years of scarcity. øøleanly adv. leanness n. [OE hlóne f. Gmc]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.