Définitions
1.VerbTo incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating."a leaning column; She leaned out of the window."
2.VerbTo incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc."I’m leaning towards voting Conservative in the next election.; The Hispanic vote leans Democratic."
3.VerbTo rest or rely, for support, comfort, to use as a hard surface for writing, etc.
4.VerbTo hang outwards.
5.VerbTo press against.
6.NounAn inclination away from the vertical."The trees had various leans toward gaps in the canopy."
7.AdjectiveSlim; not fleshy.
8.AdjectiveHaving little fat."lean steak cuts"
9.AdjectiveHaving little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre."a lean budget; a lean harvest"
10.AdjectiveHaving a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient."A lean ore hardly worth mining.; Running on too lean a fuel-air mixture will cause, among other problems, your internal combustion engine to heat up too much."
11.AdjectiveOf a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed to fat."lean copy, matter, or type"
12.AdjectiveEfficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing"."lean management; lean manufacturing; Alcoa is now a lean and agile enterprise, after having split last year into two entities."
13.NounMeat with no fat on it.
14.NounAn organism that is lean in stature.
15.VerbTo thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen.
16.NounA recreational drug composed of codeine-promethazine cough syrup mixed with usually soda and associated with the hip-hop culture of the Southern United States.