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lean
What does lean mean?
lean (verb): to incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use lean in a sentence?
- She leaned out of the window. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce lean?
/lin/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does lean come from?
From Middle English lenen (“to lean”), from Old English hleonian, hlinian (“to lean, recline, lie down, rest”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlinēn, from Proto-Germanic *hlināną (“to lean, incline”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of lean?
Words related to lean
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “lean” mean?
to seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer; to advise
Not quite: that's what consult means.
to consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it
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to incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating
Right! That's what “lean” means.
to make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as when smelling something; to smell (something)
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Which word is closest in meaning to “lean”?
give
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feel
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tilt
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show
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