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LEAN, v.i. [Gr., L. clino.]

1. To deviate or move from a straight or perpendicular line; or to be in a position thus deviating. We say, a column leans to the north or to the east; it leans to the right or left.

2. To incline or propend; to tend toward.

They delight rather to lean to their old customs -

3. To bend or incline so as to rest on something; as, to lean against a wall or a pillar; to lean on the arm of another.

4. To bend; to be in a bending posture.

LEAN, v.t.

1. To incline; to cause to lean.

2. To conceal. [Not in use.]

LEAN, a. [L. lenis, and Eng. slender.]

1. Wanting flesh; meager; not fat; as a lean body; a lean man or animal.

2. Not rich; destitute of good qualities; bare; barren; as lean earth.

3. Low; poor; in opposition to rich or great; as a lean action. [Unusual.]

4. Barren of thought; destitute of that which improves or entertains; jejune; as a lean discourse or dissertation.

LEAN, n. That part of flesh which consists of muscle without the fat.



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LEAN, v.i. [Gr., L. clino.]

1. To deviate or move from a straight or perpendicular line; or to be in a position thus deviating. We say, a column leans to the north or to the east; it leans to the right or left.

2. To incline or propend; to tend toward.

They delight rather to lean to their old customs -

3. To bend or incline so as to rest on something; as, to lean against a wall or a pillar; to lean on the arm of another.

4. To bend; to be in a bending posture.

LEAN, v.t.

1. To incline; to cause to lean.

2. To conceal. [Not in use.]

LEAN, a. [L. lenis, and Eng. slender.]

1. Wanting flesh; meager; not fat; as a lean body; a lean man or animal.

2. Not rich; destitute of good qualities; bare; barren; as lean earth.

3. Low; poor; in opposition to rich or great; as a lean action. [Unusual.]

4. Barren of thought; destitute of that which improves or entertains; jejune; as a lean discourse or dissertation.

LEAN, n. That part of flesh which consists of muscle without the fat.


LEAN, a. [Sax. læne, or hlæne; D. Dan. and G. klein, small, lean; Sw. klen; allied perhaps to L. lenis, and Eng. slender.]

  1. Wanting flesh; meager; not fat; as, a lean body; a lean man or animal.
  2. Not rich; destitute of good qualities; bare; barren; as, lean earth.
  3. Low; poor; in opposition to rich or great; as, a lean action. [Unusual.]
  4. Barren of thought; destitute of that which improves or entertains; jejune; as, a lean discourse or dissertation.

LEAN, n.

That part of flesh which consists of muscle without the fat. – Farquhar.


LEAN, v.i. [Sax. hlinian, hleonian, to lean; linian, to recline; G. lehnen; D. leunen; Dan. læner; Sw. läna sig; Ir. claonaim; Russ. klonyu; Gr. κλινω; L. clino. Class Ln, No. 3.]

  1. To deviate or move from a straight or perpendicular line or to be in a position thus deviating. We say, a column leans to the north or to the east; it leans to the right or left.
  2. To incline or propend; to tend toward. They delight rather to lean to their old – Spenser. Trust in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean not to thy own understanding. Prov. iii.
  3. To bend or incline so as to rest on something; as, to lean against a wall or a pillar; to lean on the arm of another.
  4. To bend; to be in a bending posture.

LEAN, v.t.

  1. To incline; to cause to lean. – Shak.
  2. To conceal. [Ice. luna.] [Not in use.] – Ray.

Lean
  1. To conceal.

    [Obs.] Ray.
  2. To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating; as, she leaned out at the window; a leaning column.

    "He leant forward." Dickens.
  3. To cause to lean; to incline; to support or rest.

    Mrs. Browning.

    His fainting limbs against an oak he leant. Dryden.

  4. Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; not plump; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean cattle.
  5. That part of flesh which consists principally of muscle without the fat.

    The fat was so white and the lean was so ruddy. Goldsmith.

  6. To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; -- with to, toward, etc.

    They delight rather to lean to their old customs. Spenser.

  7. Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used literally and figuratively; as, the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages.

    "No lean wardrobe." Shak.

    Their lean and flashy songs. Milton.

    What the land is, whether it be fat or lean. Num. xiii. 20.

    Out of my lean and low ability
    I'll lend you something.     Shak.

  8. Unremunerative copy or work.
  9. To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; -- with on, upon, or against.

    He leaned not on his fathers but himself. Tennyson.

  10. Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; -- opposed to fat; as, lean copy, matter, or type.

    Syn. -- slender; spare; thin; meager; lank; skinny; gaunt.

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Lean

LEAN, verb intransitive [Gr., Latin clino.]

1. To deviate or move from a straight or perpendicular line; or to be in a position thus deviating. We say, a column leans to the north or to the east; it leans to the right or left.

2. To incline or propend; to tend toward.

They delight rather to lean to their old customs -

3. To bend or incline so as to rest on something; as, to lean against a wall or a pillar; to lean on the arm of another.

4. To bend; to be in a bending posture.

LEAN, verb transitive

1. To incline; to cause to lean

2. To conceal. [Not in use.]

LEAN, adjective [Latin lenis, and Eng. slender.]

1. Wanting flesh; meager; not fat; as a lean body; a lean man or animal.

2. Not rich; destitute of good qualities; bare; barren; as lean earth.

3. Low; poor; in opposition to rich or great; as a lean action. [Unusual.]

4. Barren of thought; destitute of that which improves or entertains; jejune; as a lean discourse or dissertation.

LEAN, noun That part of flesh which consists of muscle without the fat.

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IMPORT'ANCE, n.

1. Weight; consequence; a bearing on some interest; that quality of any thing by which it may affect a measure, interest or result. The education of youth is of great importance to a free government. A religious education is of infinite importance to every human being.

2. Weight or consequence in the scale of being.

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EXCHANGE, v.t.

1. In commerce, to give one thing or commodity for another; to alienate or transfer the property of a thing and receive in compensation for it something of supposed equal value; to barter; and in vulgar language, to swap; to truck. It differs from sell, only in the kind of compensation. To sell is to alienate for money; to exchange is to alienate one commodity for another; as, to exchange horses; to exchange oxen for corn.

2. To lay aside, quit or resign one thing, state or condition, and take another in the place of it; as, to exchange a crown for a cowl; to exchange a throne for a cell or a hermitage; to exchange a life of ease for a life of toil.

3. To give and receive reciprocally; to give and receive in compensation the same thing.

Exchange forgiveness with me, noble Hamlet.

4. To give and receive the like thing; as to exchange thoughts; to exchange work; to exchange blows; to exchange prisoners.

It has with before the person receiving the thing given, and for before the equivalent. Will you exchange horses with me? Will you exchange your horse for mine?

EXCHANGE, n. In commerce, the act of giving one thing or commodity for another; barter; traffic by permutation, in which the thing received is supposed to be equivalent to the thing given.

Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses. Gen 47.

1. The act of giving up or resigning one thing or state for another, without contract.

2. The act of giving and receiving reciprocally; as an exchange of thoughts; an exchange of civilities.

3. The contract by which one commodity is transferred to another for an equivalent commodity.

4. The thing given in return for something received; or the thing received in return for what is given.

There's my exchange.

In ordinary business, this is called change.

5. The form of exchanging one debt or credit for another; or the receiving or paying of money in one place, for an equal sum in another, by order, draft or bill of exchange. A in London is creditor to B in New York, and C in London owed D in New York a like sum. A in London draws a bill of exchange on B in New York; C in London purchases the bill, by which A receives his debt due from B in New York. C transmits the bill to D in New York, who receives the amount from B.

Bills of exchange, drawn on persons in a foreign country, are called foreign bills of exchange; the like bills, drawn on persons in different parts or cities of the same country, are called inland bills of exchange.

A bill of exchange is a mercantile contract in which four persons are primarily concerned.

6. In mercantile language, a bill drawn for money is called exchange, instead of a bill of exchange.

7. The course of exchange, is the current price between two places, which is above or below par, or at par. Exchange is at par, when a bill in New York for the payment of one hundred pounds sterling in London, can be purchased for one hundred pounds. If it can be purchased for less, exchange is under par. If the purchases is obliged to give more, exchange is above par.

8. In law, a mutual grant of equal interest, the one in consideration of the other. Estates exchanged must be equal in quantity, as fee simple for fee simple.

9. The place where the merchants, brokers and bankers of a city meet to transact business, at certain hours; often contracted into change.

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