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leanness

  • 1 leanness

    noun magreza
    * * *
    lean.ness
    [l'i:nnis] n 1 magreza. 2 pobreza.

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  • 2 leanness

    noun magreza

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  • 3 lean

    I [li:n] past tense, past participles - leant; verb
    1) (to slope over to one side; not to be upright: The lamp-post had slipped and was leaning across the road.) inclinar-se
    2) (to rest (against, on): She leaned the ladder against the wall; Don't lean your elbows on the table; He leant on the gate.) encostar(-se)
    II [li:n] adjective
    1) (thin; not fat: a tall, lean man.) magro
    2) (not containing much fat: lean meat.) magro
    3) (poor; not producing much: a lean harvest.) fraco
    * * *
    lean1
    [li:n] n inclinação. • vt+vi (ps and pp leant or leaned) 1 inclinar(-se), curvar(-se), recostar(-se). 2 apoiar(-se). 3 depender. 4 tender. to lean on a friend’s advice confiar no conselho de um amigo.
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    lean2
    [li:n] n carne magra. • adj 1 magro. 2 sem gordura. 3 pobre, deficiente. 4 improdutivo, escasso, insuficiente.

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  • 4 lean

    I [li:n] past tense, past participles - leant; verb
    1) (to slope over to one side; not to be upright: The lamp-post had slipped and was leaning across the road.) inclinar(-se)
    2) (to rest (against, on): She leaned the ladder against the wall; Don't lean your elbows on the table; He leant on the gate.) apoiar(-se)
    II [li:n] adjective
    1) (thin; not fat: a tall, lean man.) magro
    2) (not containing much fat: lean meat.) magro
    3) (poor; not producing much: a lean harvest.) escasso

    English-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > lean

См. также в других словарях:

  • Leanness — Lean ness, n. [AS. hl[=ae]nnes.] The condition or quality of being lean. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • leanness — index dearth, poverty Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • leanness — O.E. hlænnesse; see LEAN (Cf. lean) (adj.) + NESS (Cf. ness) …   Etymology dictionary

  • leanness — lean lean [liːn] adjective 1. COMMERCE using the most effective methods and the fewest employees possible: • In the struggle to turn the company into a lean commercial outfit, some lines have been discontinued altogether. 2. MANU …   Financial and business terms

  • leanness — Ⅰ. lean [1] ► VERB (past and past part. leaned or chiefly Brit. leant) 1) be in or move into a sloping position. 2) (lean against/on) incline from the perpendicular and rest against. 3) (lean on) rely on for sup …   English terms dictionary

  • leanness — noun see lean III …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • leanness — See leanly. * * * …   Universalium

  • leanness — noun The property of being lean, without excess or fat …   Wiktionary

  • leanness — lean·ness || lɪːnnɪs n. thinness, slimness; meagerness, spareness …   English contemporary dictionary

  • leanness — lean·ness …   English syllables

  • leanness — noun 1. the quality of being meager an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes George Eliot • Syn: ↑meagerness, ↑meagreness, ↑poorness, ↑scantiness, ↑scantness, ↑exiguity • D …   Useful english dictionary

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