lean
      adj 1: lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin";
             "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
             [syn: thin] [ant: fat]
      2: lacking in mineral content or combustible material; "lean
         ore"; "lean fuel" [ant: rich]
      3: containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy
         allowance" [syn: skimpy]
      4: low in mineral content; "a lean ore"
      5: not profitable or prosperous; "a lean year"
      n : the property possessed by a line or surface that departs
          from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt";
          "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with
          a heavy inclination to the right" [syn: tilt, list, inclination,
           leaning]
      v 1: to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned
           over the banister" [syn: tilt, tip, slant, angle]
      2: cause to lean or incline; "He leaned his rifle against the
         wall"
      3: have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be
         inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures";
         "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence"
         [syn: tend, be given, incline, run]
      4: rely on for support; "We can lean on this man"
      5: cause to lean to the side; "Erosion listed the old tree"
         [syn: list]
      [also: leant]