Meaning
- (verb) To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating. “She leaned out of the window.”
- (verb) To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc. “I’m leaning towards voting Conservative in the next election. The Hispanic vote leans Democratic.”
- (verb) Followed by against, on, or upon: to rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc.
- (verb) To hang outwards.
- (verb) To press against.
- (verb) To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen.
- (adjective) (of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy.
- (adjective) (of meat) Having little fat. “lean steak cuts”
- (adjective) Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre. “a lean budget”
- (adjective) Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient. “A lean ore hardly worth mining.”
- (adjective) Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed to fat. “lean copy, matter, or type”
- (adjective) Efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing" “Alcoa is now a lean and agile enterprise, after having split last year into two entities.”
Letter breakdown
- Leanest contains 0 letters: 0 vowel(s) and 0 consonant(s).
- It uses 0 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 0.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 0.
Words from these letters
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- sleet
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- steal
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- tense
- ales
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- ante
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- east
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- lane
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- last
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- leas
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- lens
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- natl
- neat
- nest
- nets
- sale
- salt
- sane
- sate
- seal
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- seen
- sent
- slat
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Reader questions
What does Leanest mean?
To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
How many letters are in Leanest?
Leanest has 7 letters.
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