Lean synonyms and antonyms
lēn
Category:
Part of speech:
Small in girth or thickness in proportion to height or length; slender.
To move or walk:
To sink down; hang or bend down
To be among those who finish a competition or race, especially to finish second.
To set the hammer of (a firearm) in a position ready for firing.
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To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out.
To turn over and over:
Containing little fat
Like fiber
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all-meat
Containing little fat
To decline, as in value or price:
Made, or become weak; subject to attenuation
Threadbare; much worn.
Not producing crops or fruit; having little or no vegetation
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Relating to soil or land that is not capable of supporting or is unfavorable to the growth of plants.
Not adequate in quality or quantity; inferior:
Inadequate in size or amount; not enough; meager
The definition of scrawny is very thin or skinny.
Having little width; narrow:
Of little force or validity; having slight foundation; feeble
Not elaborate or ornate; simple:
tabescent
Wasting away, or becoming emaciated. [from 19th c.]
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(Economics) Adding nothing to exchangeable value.
unremunerative
Not remunerative.
Angular forms, outlines, or corners.
The act of making very lean.
tabescence
The state of being tabescent
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To move forward rapidly, especially with a swaying motion or with minimal control; career:
A line or surface that bends in a smooth, continuous way without sharp angles.
To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.
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(Archaic) To recommend for advancement or appointment; promote.
To force or try to force, as by influence or persuasion:
To cause to recline.
To look to for support or aid; depend
To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.
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(Photography) To move a camera vertically in a controlled way.
fat (antonym)
Rich; producing a large income; desirable.
plump (antonym)
Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.
chubby (antonym)
Rounded and plump.
be disinclined (antonym)
be disposed
not like (antonym)
be disposed
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straighten (antonym)
(Intransitive) To become straight.
forget (antonym)
(--- Informal) To disregard on purpose. Usually used in the imperative:
disregard (antonym)
To show no evidence of attention concerning (something):
To follow along at the heels of someone
To incline or turn from a direct line or course, esp. one that is perpendicular or level; slope
To serve as the tip of
To keep (the eyes) partly closed in peering at something
A slope or gradual inclination, especially of a road or railroad track:
The degree to which something inclines; a slope. A mountain road with a gradient of ten percent rises one foot for every ten feet of horizontal length.
Lean; scrawny.
Resembling a twig or twigs, as in slenderness or fragility.
Being, characteristic of, or resembling a weed:
Containing all the essentials in a brief form; concise
The definition of laconic refers to someone who doesn't talk a lot or uses very few words.
Containing a large amount of shortening; flaky:
Characterized by clear, precise expression in few words; concise and terse:
The definition of summary is a statement presenting the main points.
The definition of terse is language that is brief and to the point.
Affording little spare time; full:
all skin and bones
thin as a rail
straight (related)
Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.
likely (related)
Probably
big (related)
Conspicuous in position, wealth, or importance; prominent:
style (related)
The slender part of a flower pistil, connecting the ovary and the stigma. The pollen tube grows through the style delivering the pollen nuclei to the ovary.
words (related)
Marked by or consisting of few words that are carefully chosen
A tendency; inclination; penchant; predilection
To try to get something by indirect or artful means:
have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
rich (antonym)
Highly varied, developed, or complex:
slouch (related)
stagger (related)
bent (related)
push (related)
pull (related)
creep (related)
tiptoe (related)
shimmy (related)
Having well-developed muscles:
Lean and muscular.
Of a person or a body part, large and solid.
free from fat
Containing little fat
To fall or drop to a lower level, especially to go down slowly or in stages:
To draw to a gradual close:
(Intransitive) To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.
To let the head fall forward involuntarily because of drowsiness; be very sleepy
To plunge or toss with the bow and stern rising and falling abruptly
be not perpendicular
To incline
be slanting
To incline
be slanted
To incline
be off
To incline
To make easier; help; assist
be disposed
To tend
strong (related)
Persuasive, effective, and cogent:
To cause to enter; to thrust.
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