lean

For the verb: "to lean"

Simple Past:	leaned, leant
Past Participle:	leaned, leant

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
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▶verb (past and past part. leaned or chiefly Brit. leant)

• 1 be in or move into a sloping position.

  ■ (lean against/on) incline from the perpendicular and rest against.

• 2 (lean on) rely on or derive support from.

• 3 (lean on) informal put pressure on (someone) to act in a certain way.

• 4 (lean to/towards) incline or be partial to (a view or position).

▶noun a deviation from the perpendicular; an inclination.

– origin OE hleonian, hlinian, of Gmc origin.

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▶adjective

• 1 (of a person) thin, especially healthily so.

  ■ (of meat) containing little fat.

  ■ informal (of an industry or company) efficient and with no wastage.

• 2 offering little reward, substance, or nourishment: the lean years.

• 3 (of a vaporized fuel mixture) having a high proportion of air.

▶noun the lean part of meat.

– derivatives
leanly adverb,
leanness noun.

– origin OE hlǣne, of Gmc origin.