lean

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. i. slant, incline; depend, rely; tend. See support, tendency.—adj. spare, meager; lank, gaunt.

See narrowness.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [Thin]

Syn. lank, meager, slim; see thin 2 .

2. [Containing little fat]

Syn. fibrous, muscular, sinewy, meaty, free from fat, all-meat, protein-rich; see also strong 1 .

v.

1. [To incline]

Syn. slope, slant, sag, sink, decline, list, tip, bow, nod, twist, cock, place, careen, roll, veer, droop, drift, dip, pitch, cant, bend, heel, be not perpendicular, be slanting, be slanted, be off; see also bend 2 , tilt 1 .

2. [To tend]

Syn. favor, be disposed, incline; see tend 2 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

v.

1. incline slant, slope, cant, bend, tilt, pitch, list.

2. rely on depend on, count on for support.

3. tend incline, be disposed, gravitate toward, have a preference for.

II

a.

1. thin spare, emaciated, anorexic, skin and bones, rawboned, gaunt, slim, slender, svelte, skinny, *lean as linguine, malnourished.

2. unproductive meager, poor, scanty, unprofitable.

ANT.: 1. fat, plump, rotund. 2. productive, profitable, rich

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun Deviation from a particular direction: cant1, grade, gradient, heel2, inclination, incline, list2, rake2, slant, slope, tilt, tip2. See RISE, STRAIGHT.

V

(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To depart or cause to depart from true vertical or horizontal: cant1, heel2, incline, list2, rake2, slant, slope, tilt, tip2. See STRAIGHT. 2. To have a tendency or inclination: incline, slant, squint, tend1, trend. See LIKELY.

VI

(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Having little flesh or fat on the body: angular, bony, fleshless, gaunt, lank, lanky, meager, rawboned, scrawny, skinny, slender, slim, spare, thin, twiggy, weedy. Idioms: all skin and bones, thin as a rail. See FAT. 2. Marked by or consisting of few words that are carefully chosen: brief, compendious, concise, laconic, short, succinct, summary, terse. See BIG, STYLE, WORDS. 3. Characterized by an economy of artistic expression: spare, tight. See STYLE.