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I [li:n] past tense, past participles - leant; verb1) (to slope over to one side; not to be upright: The lamp-post had slipped and was leaning across the road.) a (se) apleca2) (to rest (against, on): She leaned the ladder against the wall; Don't lean your elbows on the table; He leant on the gate.) a (se) sprijini (pe/de)•- leaningII [li:n] adjective1) (thin; not fat: a tall, lean man.) uscăţiv2) (not containing much fat: lean meat.) fără grăsime3) (poor; not producing much: a lean harvest.) sărac•- leanness
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ladder — [OE] Etymologically, a ladder is something that is ‘leant’ up against a wall. Like Greek klīmax ‘ladder’ (source of English climax), it goes back ultimately to the Indo European base *khli , source of English lean. Its West Germanic relatives are … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
ladder — [OE] Etymologically, a ladder is something that is ‘leant’ up against a wall. Like Greek klīmax ‘ladder’ (source of English climax), it goes back ultimately to the Indo European base *khli , source of English lean. Its West Germanic relatives are … Word origins
lean — 1 verb past tense and past participle leaned or leant, especially BrE 1 (intransitive always + adv/prep) to move or bend your body in a particular direction (+ forward/back etc): Robert was leaning forward, talking to the people in front. | They… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
lean*/*/ — [liːn] (past tense and past participle leant [lent] leaned; [liːnd] ) verb I 1) [I] to move your body by bending at the waist, bringing yourself closer to or further from someone or something The other girl leaned forward to hear what was going… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
