leanest
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Definitions ofleanest
- To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
Example: "She leaned out of the window."
- To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc.
Example: "I’m leaning towards voting Conservative in the next election. The Hispanic vote leans Democratic."
- Followed by against, on, or upon: to rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc.
- To hang outwards.
- To press against.
- To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen.
- (of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy.
- (of meat) Having little fat.
Example: "lean steak cuts"
- Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.
Synonyms: insufficient, scarce, sparse
Example: "a lean budget"
- Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.
Example: "A lean ore hardly worth mining."
- Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed to fat.
Example: "lean copy, matter, or type"
- Efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing"
Example: "Alcoa is now a lean and agile enterprise, after having split last year into two entities."
- To conceal.
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