lean² /lēn/

1. Thin, without (much) flesh
2. Not fat
3. Without fat
4. Unproductive
5. Unprofitable, taking extra time (printing)
6. (of a fuel mixture) containing a high proportion of air
7. (of ore) low grade, of marginal value (mining)

Meat without fat

leanˈly adverb

leanˈness noun

leanˈy adjective (Spenser)

Lean

leanˈ-burnˈ adjective

Of, using or relating to a fuel-air mixture in which the fuel component is relatively low, so reducing the amount of fuel used and pollution produced

lean concrete noun

A non-load-bearing concrete of low cement content

lean cuisine noun

Cuisine minceur (qv)

leanˈ-faced adjective

1. Having a thin face
2. Slender and narrow, eg letters (printing)

leanˈ-wittˈed adjective

Of little sense

• glossarially
• glossaries
• glossarist
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• glossary
• glossas
• glossator
• glossators
• glossectomies
• glossectomy
• glossed
• glosseme
• glossemes
• glosser
• glossers
• glosses
• Glossic
• glossier
• glossies
• glossiest
• glossily
• glossina
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• glossiness
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