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leaner
We have found lemma(root) word of leaner : lean.
Definitions
[liːn], (Verb)
Definitions:
- be in or move into a sloping position
(e.g: he leaned back in his chair)
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Old English hleonian, hlinian, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch leunen and German lehnen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin inclinare and Greek klinein
[liːn], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a deviation from the perpendicular; an inclination
(e.g: the vehicle has a definite lean to the left)
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Origin
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Old English hleonian, hlinian, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch leunen and German lehnen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin inclinare and Greek klinein
[liːn], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- (of a person or animal) thin, especially healthily so; having no superfluous fat
(e.g: his lean, muscular body)
- offering little reward, substance, or nourishment; meagre
(e.g: the lean winter months)
- (of a vaporized fuel mixture) having a high proportion of air
(e.g: lean air-to-fuel ratios)
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Origin
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Old English hlǣne, of Germanic origin
[liːn], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the lean part of meat
(e.g: the man who eats no fat and the wife who eats no lean)
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Old English hlǣne, of Germanic origin
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