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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.) hælde2) (to rest (against, on): She leaned the ladder against the wall; Don't lean your elbows on the table; He leant on the gate.) læne•- leaningII [li:n] adjective1) (thin; not fat: a tall, lean man.) slank; mager2) (not containing much fat: lean meat.) mager3) (poor; not producing much: a lean harvest.) mager•- leanness* * *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.) hælde2) (to rest (against, on): She leaned the ladder against the wall; Don't lean your elbows on the table; He leant on the gate.) læne•- leaningII [li:n] adjective1) (thin; not fat: a tall, lean man.) slank; mager2) (not containing much fat: lean meat.) mager3) (poor; not producing much: a lean harvest.) mager•- leanness
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