Leaner : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Leaner	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Leaner
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
leaner n (horseshoes) the throw of a horseshoe so as to lean against (but not encircle) the stake
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lean \Lean\ (l[emac]n), a. [Compar. {Leaner} (l[emac]n"[etil]r); superl. {Leanest}.] [OE. lene, AS. hl[aemac]ne; prob. akin to E. lean to incline. See {Lean}, v. i. ] 1. Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; not plump; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean cattle. 2. Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used literally and figuratively; as, the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages. [bd]No lean wardrobe.[b8] --Shak. Their lean and fiashy songs. --Milton. What the land is, whether it be fat or lean. --Num. xiii. 20. Out of my lean and low ability I'll lend you something. --Shak. 3. (Typog.) Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; -- opposed to {fat}; as, lean copy, matter, or type. Syn: slender; spare; thin; meager; lank; skinny; gaunt.