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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.) []liekties2) (to rest (against, on): She leaned the ladder against the wall; Don't lean your elbows on the table; He leant on the gate.) atbalstīt; piesliet; atbalstīties; pieslieties•- leaningII [li:n] adjective1) (thin; not fat: a tall, lean man.) kalsns; izdilis2) (not containing much fat: lean meat.) (par gaļu) liess; (par ēdienu) bez aizdara3) (poor; not producing much: a lean harvest.) (par ražu u.tml.) nabadzīgs•- leanness* * *liesums; kritums, slīpums; liekties; noliekties; piesliet, atbalstīt; atbalstīties, pieslieties; paļauties; tiekties; kalsns, izdēdējis; bez aizdara, liess, plāns; nabadzīgs; neproduktīvs, nabadzīgs
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