Leaner

adjective

Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.adjective(of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy.

2.adjective(of meat) Having little fat.

"lean steak cuts"

3.adjectiveHaving little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.

"a lean budget"

4.adjectiveHaving a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.

"A lean ore hardly worth mining."

5.adjectiveOf a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed to fat.

"lean copy, matter, or type"

6.adjectiveEfficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing"

"Alcoa is now a lean and agile enterprise, after having split last year into two entities."

7.nounOne who leans, or inclines toward something.