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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Verb 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Adjective 1.3.1.1 Synonyms 1.3.1.2 Translations 1.4 References 2 Irish 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Verb 2.3.1 Conjugation 3 Old English 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Etymology 1 3.2.1 Noun 3.2.1.1 Related terms 3.3 Etymology 2 3.3.1 Verb 4 West Frisian 4.1 Noun

[ English

[ Pronunciation

• enPR: lēn, IPA: /liːn/, SAMPA: /li:n/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

• Rhymes: -iːn

[ Etymology 1

Old English hleonian (to bend, to recline, to lie down, to rest).

[ Verb

Infinitive to lean

Third person singular leans

Simple past leant or leaned

Past participle [[leant or leaned]]

Present participle leaning

to lean (third-person singular simple present leans, present participle leaning, simple past and past participle leant or leaned)

1. To hang outwards.
2. To press against.

[ Derived terms

• lean back
• leaning
• lean on
• lean-to

[ Translations

to hang outwards

Dutch: leunen Finnish: kallistaa French: se pencher German: lehnen Indonesian: menyandarkan Italian: sporgersi Japanese: 傾く (かたむく, katamuku)

Norwegian: Bokmål: lene Nynorsk: lene Romanian: inclina Slovene: viseti Swedish: luta

to press against

Czech: opřít Dutch: leunen, aanleunen Finnish: nojata French: se presser German: lehnen, anlehnen Kurdish: پاڵدانه‌وه‌

Norwegian: Bokmål: lene Nynorsk: frleneyse Romanian: ţine Slovene: nasloniti se Swedish: luta

[ Etymology 2

Old English hlæne.

[ Adjective

lean (comparative leaner, superlative leanest)

1. (of a person) slim; not fleshy.
2. (of meat) having little fat.
3. Having little extra or little to spare.

   a lean budget

4. Of a fuel-air mixture, having more air than is necessary to burn all of the fuel; more air- or oxygen- rich than necessary for a stoichiometric reaction.

[ Synonyms

• Wikisaurus has an article on “thin” in the sense of “skinny”.

[ Translations

being slim and muscular

Dutch: mager, tenger Finnish: laiha, hoikka French: mince Galician: delgado, delgada German: mager, dürr

Italian: magro Portuguese: esbelto Romanian: subţire, slab Spanish: delgado, delgada Swedish: mager, smal

of meat, having little fat

Dutch: mager French: maigre German: mager Italian: magro

Portuguese: magro Romanian: slab Swedish: mager

having little extra or little to spare

French: serré

having more air than necessary to burn all the fuel

French: pauvre

[ References

• "lean" at The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911.
• “lean” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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[ Irish

[ Etymology

From Old Irish lenaid (“‘stays, sticks (to), follows’”) < Proto-Celtic *linā- (“‘stick’”) < Proto-Indo-European *(s)lei- (“‘slimy’”); cf. Latin linō (“‘anoint’”), Sanskrit लिनाति (lināti), “‘sticks, stays’”).

[ Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA: [lʲan̪ˠ]
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA: [l̠ʲanˠ], [l̠ʲan̪ˠ]

[ Verb

lean

1. to follow

[ Conjugation

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[ Old English

[ Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlæːɑn/

[ Etymology 1

From Germanic *launan, from a suffixed form of Indo-European *law- ‘catch’. Cognate with Old Frisian lān, Old Saxon lōn (Dutch loon), Old High German lōn (German Lohn), Old Norse laun (Swedish lön), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌽. The Indo-European root is also thee source of Greek λεία (from *λαϝία), Latin lucrum, Old Church Slavonic ловъ (Russian лов), Old Irish lóg, Lithuanian lãvinti.

[ Noun

lēan n. (plural same)

1. reward

[ Related terms

• lēanian

[ Etymology 2

From Germanic. Cognate with Old Saxon lahan, Old High German lahan, Old Norse lá, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌽.

[ Verb

lēan (class VI strong: third-person singular preterite lōg, third-person plural preterite lōgon)

1. (transitive) to blame, find fault with, reproach

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[ West Frisian

[ Noun

lean c.

1. wage, wages, salary

Example

• "Frank Lloyd Wright hat de baan krigen en syn earste lean wie 25 dollar yn 'e wike." (For his first salary, Frank Lloyd Wright received 25 dollars per week.)