Dictionary Check: lean

"lean" is a valid word!

Scrabble 4 points
Words with Friends 6 points

Definition

adjective

lacking excess flesh

Example: "you can't be too rich or too thin"
Synonyms:
adjective

lacking in mineral content or combustible material

Example: "lean ore"
Antonyms:
adjective

containing little excess

Example: "a lean budget"
Synonyms:
adjective

not profitable or prosperous

Example: "a lean year"
noun

the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical

Example: "the tower had a pronounced tilt"
verb

to incline or bend from a vertical position

Example: "She leaned over the banister"
Synonyms:

Advertisement

Anagrams of "lean"