lean
     adj 1: lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin";
            "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
            [syn: {thin}] [ant: {fat}]
     2: lacking in mineral content or combustible material; "lean
        ore"; "lean fuel" [ant: {rich}]
     3: containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy
        allowance" [syn: {skimpy}]
     4: low in mineral content; "a lean ore"
     5: not profitable or prosperous; "a lean year"
     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" [syn: {tilt}, {list}, {inclination},
          {leaning}]
     v 1: to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned
          over the banister" [syn: {tilt}, {tip}, {slant}, {angle}]
     2: cause to lean or incline; "He leaned his rifle against the
        wall"
     3: 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"
        [syn: {tend}, {be given}, {incline}, {run}]
     4: rely on for support; "We can lean on this man"
     5: cause to lean to the side; "Erosion listed the old tree"
        [syn: {list}]
     [also: {leant}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0