lean

Adjective

• not profitable or prosperous
  • a lean year
    

• containing little excess
  • a lean budget
    
  • a skimpy allowance
    

• lacking in mineral content or combustible material
  • lean ore
    
  • lean fuel
    

• lacking excess flesh
  • you can't be too rich or too thin
    
  • Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look-Shakespeare
    

Noun

• the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
  • the tower had a pronounced tilt
    
  • the ship developed a list to starboard
    
  • he walked with a heavy inclination to the right
    

Verb

• cause to lean to the side
  • Erosion listed the old tree
    

• rely on for support
  • We can lean on this man
    

• have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
  • She tends to be nervous before her lectures
    
  • These dresses run small
    
  • He inclined to corpulence
    

• cause to lean or incline
  • He leaned his rifle against the wall
    

• to incline or bend from a vertical position
  • She leaned over the banister
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  skimpy , thin , tilt , list , inclination , leaning , tend , be given , incline , run , tip , slant , angle
• Antonyms: 
  rich , fat