LEAN TIMES

Meaning of LEAN TIMES in English

times of poverty, hard times

During lean times they sold eggs for 50¢ a dozen.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

LEAN TIMES — times of poverty, hard times During lean times they sold eggs for 50¢ a dozen.
English Idioms vocab
TIMES — preposition Date: 14th century multiplied by
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TIMES — I. (ˌ)tīmz preposition Etymology: Middle English, from plural of time (I) : multiplied by two times two is four II. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEAN — I. ˈlēn verb ( leaned ˈlēnd, chiefly Brit ˈlent ; or chiefly British leant ˈlent ; leaned or chiefly British …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TIMES — (pl. ) of Time
Английский словарь Webster
LEAN — (v. i.) Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used …
Английский словарь Webster
TIMES — ( pl. ) of Time
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAN — ( v. i. ) Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TIMES — /tuymz/ , prep. multiplied by: Two times four is eight. [ 1350-1400; ME; see TIME (def. 21) ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAN — lean 1 /leen/ , v. , leaned or ( esp. Brit. ) leant; leaning; n. v.i. 1. to incline or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAN — I. ˈlēn verb ( leaned ˈlēnd, chiefly Brit ˈlent ; lean·ing ˈlē-niŋ) Etymology: Middle English lenen, from Old English hleonian; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TIMES — preposition Date: 14th century : multiplied by two times two is four
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TIMES — pl of time.
Webster English vocab
LEAN — noun unremunerative copy or work. 2. lean ·vt to conceal. 3. lean ·noun that part of flesh which consist principally …
Webster English vocab
TIMES — ~ (following a number) expressing multiplication. → time ———————— ~ ■ verb ( ~es , ~ing , ~ed ) informal …
Concise Oxford English vocab
TIMES — [times] prep (14c): multiplied by "two ~ two is four"
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LEAN — [lean] vb leaned ; lean.ing [ME lenen, fr. OE hleonian; akin to OHG hlinen to lean, Gk klinein, L clinare] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TIMES — Times BrE AmE taɪmz ▶ ˌ Times ˈ Roman BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TIMES — / taɪmz; NAmE / 1. preposition ( informal ) multiplied by : Five times two is / equals ten (= …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LEAN — / liːn; NAmE / verb , adjective , noun ■ verb ( leaned , leaned ) ( BrE also leant …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TIMES — I. times 1 /taɪmz/ BrE AmE preposition multiplied by: two times two equals four (2 x 2 = 4) II. …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TIMES — Times, The BrE AmE trademark 1 . an old and famous British daily newspaper. The Times is a serious paper, …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LEAN — I. lean 1 S3 /liːn/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle leaned or leant /lent/ especially British …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LEAN — adj. & n. --adj. 1 (of a person or animal) thin; having no superfluous fat. 2 (of meat) containing little …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LEAN — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. leaned or leant) 1 intr. & tr. (often foll. by across, back, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LEAN — adj. & n. adj. 1 (of a person or animal) thin; having no superfluous fat. 2 (of meat) containing little …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LEAN — v. & n. v. (past and past part. leaned or leant) 1 intr. & tr. (often foll. by across, back, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LEAN — 1. v. & n. --v. (past and past part. leaned or leant) 1. intr. & tr. (often foll. by across, …
Oxford English vocab
LEAN — ( leans, leaning, leaned, leant, leaner, leanest) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TIMES — I. preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES biblical times ▪ The disease dates back to biblical times . changing times (= …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LEAN — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES lean back in your chair ▪ He leant back in his chair and took …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TIMES — (HISTORY) [plural] [noun] - another word for time (HISTORICAL PERIOD)
Cambridge English vocab
TIMES — Synonyms and related words : affairs, circumstances, concerns, condition of things, conditions, contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, dealings, doings, goings-on, historical present, life, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LEAN — Synonyms and related words : Lenten, Spartan, abstemious, acquiesce, agree, angular, angularity, arid, ascend, ascetic, austere, bad, bald, bank, bare, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TIMES — n. pl. 1. Seasons, spells. 2. Periods, epochs, ages. 3. State of things ( at a particular period ), general …
Dictionary of English Synonyms
LEAN — I. verb ADVERB ▪ heavily ▪ lightly ▪ slightly ▪ casually , comfortably , lazily , nonchalantly ▪ Kate ~ed …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TIMES — See ↑ COUNT/CALCULATE 6 ◆◆◆ • ↑ at all times • ↑ at times • ↑ behind the times • …
Longman Activator English vocab
LEAN — n. 25B6; adjective a tall, lean man : SLIM, thin, slender, spare, wiry, lanky. a lean harvest : MEAGRE, sparse, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TIMES — a British national daily newspaper, the oldest in England. It was first published (as the Daily Universal Register ) in …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
TIMES — Таймс (ежедневная газета консервативного направления; имеет широкую сеть собственных корреспондентов за рубежом; тир. ок. 432 тыс. экз.; издаётся в Лондоне; …
Англо-Русский словарь Britain
LEAN — v. 1 rest (against or on or upon), be held up or supported by She leant her head on his …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LEAN — adj. 1 thin, slim, slender, rangy, spare, wiry, lanky, lank, skinny, angular, bony, raw-boned, gaunt, gangling, gangly, spare, meagre, skeletal, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
TIMES — mites
Anagrams English vocabulary
TIMES — (C-, D-, M-days end at 2400 hours Universal Time (Zulu time) and are assumed to be 24 hours long for …
DOD English Dictionary of Military Terms
TIMES — время base times height ≈ произведение основания на высоту many times used ≈ многоразовый schedule of operating times ≈ график …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LEAN — I 1. прил. 1) тощий, худощавый He is plump, not lean. ≈ Он полный, а не сухощавый. Syn : thin, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TIMES — Хронологическая таблица
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
TIMES — Хронологическая Таблица
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
TIMES — Раз
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
TIMES — Век
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
LEAN — lean.ogg _I 1. li:n n 1. 1> постное мясо, постная часть мясной туши 2> что-л. невыгодное; низкооплачиваемая работа 2. полигр. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LEAN — 1) бедный 2) десорбированный 3) отработанный 4) слабый 5) сухой 6) тощий 7) худой • lean molding sand — тощий формовочный песок - lean clay - lean coal - lean gas - …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
TIMES — (n) времена; раз
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
LEAN — _I 1. li:n n 1. 1> постное мясо, постная часть мясной туши 2> что-л. невыгодное; низкооплачиваемая работа 2. полигр. светлый …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LEAN — I 1. прил. 1) тощий, худощавый He is plump, not lean. — Он полный, а не сухощавый. Syn: thin , …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
LEAN — I 1. прил. 1) тощий, худощавый He is plump, not lean. — Он полный, а не сухощавый. Syn: thin, spare 2. 2) постный, содержащий небольшое количество …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
LEAN — _I 1. _a. 1> тощий, худой 2> постный (о мясе) 3> скудный; lean years - неурожайные годы 4> бедный (о …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
LEAN — I 1. a. 1. тощий, худой 2. постный (о мясе) 3. скудный; lean years - неурожайные годы 4. бедный (о …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
LEAN — _I li:n 1. _a. 1> тощий, худой 2> постный (о мясе) 3> скудный; lean years неурожайные годы 4> бедный (о …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
TIMES — время base times height ≈ произведение основания на высоту many times used ≈ многоразовый schedule of operating times ≈ график …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
LEAN — I 1. прил. 1) тощий, худощавый He is plump, not lean. ≈ Он полный, а не сухощавый. Syn : thin, …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TIME
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