Lean

[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"
[adj] lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
[adj] not profitable or prosperous; "a lean year"
[adj] lacking in mineral content or combustible material; "lean ore"; "lean fuel"
[adj] (metallurgy) low in mineral content; "a lean ore"
[adj] containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"
[v] rely on for support; "We can lean on this man"
[v] cause to lean or incline; "He leaned his rifle against the wall"
[v] to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister"
[v] 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"

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Synonyms

angle, anorectic, anorexic, be given, bony, cadaverous, deep-eyed, deficient, emaciated, gangling, gangly, gaunt, haggard, hollow-eyed, inclination, incline, insufficient, lank, lanky, leaning, list, pinched, rawboned, reedlike, reedy, run, scarecrowish,

Antonyms

fat, rich

Related Terms

abstemious, acquiesce, agree, angular, angularity, arid, ascend, ascetic, austere, bad, bald, bank, bare, barren, be agreeable to, be dying to, be eager, be game, be open to, be ready, be spoiling for, be willing, believe in, bend, bend to, bias, bony, ca