LEAN

Meaning of LEAN in English

Lean, Sir David BrE AmE

(1908–91) a British film ↑ director who made many well-known films, such as ↑ Brief Encounter (1945), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Dr Zhivago (1965), and A Passage to India (1984)

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

LEAN — I. ˈlēn verb ( leaned ˈlēnd, chiefly Brit ˈlent ; or chiefly British leant ˈlent ; leaned or chiefly British …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEAN — (v. i.) Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used …
Английский словарь Webster
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
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
LEAN — noun unremunerative copy or work. 2. lean ·vt to conceal. 3. lean ·noun that part of flesh which consist principally …
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
LEAN — / liːn; NAmE / verb , adjective , noun ■ verb ( leaned , leaned ) ( BrE also leant …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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
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
LEAN — Synonyms and related words : Lenten, Spartan, abstemious, acquiesce, agree, angular, angularity, arid, ascend, ascetic, austere, bad, bald, bank, bare, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LEAN — I. verb ADVERB ▪ heavily ▪ lightly ▪ slightly ▪ casually , comfortably , lazily , nonchalantly ▪ Kate ~ed …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LEAN — n. 25B6; adjective a tall, lean man : SLIM, thin, slender, spare, wiry, lanky. a lean harvest : MEAGRE, sparse, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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
LEAN — I 1. прил. 1) тощий, худощавый He is plump, not lean. ≈ Он полный, а не сухощавый. Syn : thin, …
Большой 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
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
LEAN — I 1. прил. 1) тощий, худощавый He is plump, not lean. ≈ Он полный, а не сухощавый. Syn : thin, …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
LEAN — dungo
English-Visayan vocabulary
LEAN — biographical name Sir David 1908-1991 British film director
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LEAN — (n.) That part of flesh which consist principally of muscle without the fat.
Английский словарь Webster
LEAN — (v. i.) Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; -- opposed to fat; as, lean …
Английский словарь Webster
LEAN — (v. i.) Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; not plump; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a …
Английский словарь Webster
LEAN — (v. i.) To cause to lean; to incline; to support or rest.
Английский словарь Webster
LEAN — (v. i.) To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; -- with on, upon, or against.
Английский словарь Webster
LEAN — (v. i.) To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; -- with to, toward, etc.
Английский словарь Webster
LEAN — (v. i.) To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating; …
Английский словарь Webster
LEAN — (v. t.) To conceal.
Английский словарь Webster
LEAN — ( v. t. ) To conceal.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAN — ( v. i. ) Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; not plump; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAN — ( v. i. ) To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; -- with on, upon, or against.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAN — ( v. i. ) To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAN — ( v. i. ) To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; -- with to, toward, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAN — ( v. i. ) To cause to lean; to incline; to support or rest.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAN — ( v. i. ) Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; -- opposed to fat; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAN — ( n. ) Unremunerative copy or work.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAN — ( n. ) That part of flesh which consist principally of muscle without the fat.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAN — /leen/ , n. David , 1908-91, British film director.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAN — adj. thin, skinny; having little fat; meager, poor, lacking; spare; thrifty, economical
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LEAN — v. rest against; slant, bend, incline; tend toward, favor; depend; place against; cause to slant or tilt
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LEAN — n. inclination, tendency; meat in which there is more muscle than fat, lean meat
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LEAN — biographical name Sir David 1908-1991 British film director
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LEAN — n. lean over backward lean on lean to lean tos
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
LEAN — n. Function: noun Date: 15th century : the part of meat that consists principally of lean muscle
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
LEAN — n. Function: transitive verb Date: before 12th century : to make lean
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
LEAN — n. Function: adjective Etymology: Middle English lene, from Old English hl ǣ ne Date: before 12th century 1 a : …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
LEAN — n. Function: noun Date: 1776 : the act or an instance of leaning : INCLINATION
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
LEAN — n. Pronunciation: ' l ē n Function: verb Inflected Form: leaned \ ' l ē nd, chiefly Brit ' lent …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
LEAN — n. Pronunciation: ' l ē n Function: biographical name Sir David 1908-1991 Brit. film director
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
LEAN — ~ 1 ■ verb ( past and past participle ~ed or chiefly Brit. ~t ) 1》 be in or move …
Concise Oxford English vocab
LEAN — lean, Lean BrE AmE liːn ▷ leaned liːnd lent ▷ leaning ˈliːn ɪŋ ▷ leans liːnz ▷ leant lent
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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