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lean
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: l?n, IPA(key): /li?n/
- Rhymes: -i?n
- Homophone: lien
Etymology 1
From Middle English lenen (“to lean”), from Old English hleonian, hlinian (“to lean, recline, lie down, rest”), from Proto-Germanic *hlin?n? (“to lean, incline”), from Proto-Indo-European *?ley-. Cognate via Proto-Germanic with Middle Dutch leunen (“to lean”), German lehnen (“to lean”); via Proto-Indo-European with climate, cline.
Verb
lean (third-person singular simple present leans, present participle leaning, simple past and past participle leaned or (UK) leant)
- To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
- (copulative) To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc.
- Followed by against, on, or upon: to rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc.
- To hang outwards.
- To press against.
Derived terms
Related terms
- climate
- cline
Translations
Noun
lean (plural leans)
- (of an object taller than its width and depth) An inclination away from the vertical.
- The trees had various leans toward gaps in the canopy.
Synonyms
- (inclination away from vertical): tilt
Etymology 2
From Middle English lene (“lean”), from Old English hl?ne (“lean”), (cognate with Low German leen), perhaps from hl?nan (“to cause to lean (due to hunger or lack of food)”), from Proto-Germanic *hlainijan? (“to cause to lean”). If so, then related to Old English hlinian, hleonian (“to lean”).
Adjective
lean (comparative leaner, superlative leanest)
- (of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy.
- Synonyms: lithe, svelte, willowy; see also Thesaurus:slender
- (of meat) Having little fat.
- Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.
- Synonyms: insufficient, scarce, sparse; see also Thesaurus:inadequate
- Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.
- Synonyms: deficient, dilute, poor
- Antonym: rich
- (printing, archaic) Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed to fat.
- (business) Efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing"
Derived terms
- leanness
- leansome
Translations
Noun
lean (countable and uncountable, plural leans)
- (uncountable) Meat with no fat on it.
- 1639 or earlier, Anon, Jack Sprat
- Jack Sprat would eat no fat, / His wife would eat no lean.
- 1639 or earlier, Anon, Jack Sprat
- (countable, biology) An organism that is lean in stature.
- 1986, Southwest Fisheries Center (U.S.), Collected Reprints (issue 1)
- The intermediates and leans are the predominant morphotypes found at the SE-NHR seamounts […]
- 2012, Obesity: New Insights for the Healthcare Professional (page 56)
- Obese Zuckers, compared to leans, consumed more food under free-feeding conditions.
- 1986, Southwest Fisheries Center (U.S.), Collected Reprints (issue 1)
Verb
lean (third-person singular simple present leans, present participle leaning, simple past and past participle leaned)
- To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen.
Etymology 3
From Icelandic leyna? Akin to German leugnen (“deny”). Compare lie (“speak falsely”).
Verb
lean (third-person singular simple present leans, present participle leaning, simple past and past participle leaned)
- To conceal.
References
Etymology 4
Probably from the verb to lean (see etymology 1 above), supposedly because consumption of the intoxicating beverage causes one to "lean".
Noun
lean (uncountable)
- (slang, US) A recreational drug based on codeine-laced promethazine cough syrup, popular in the hip hop community in the southeastern United States.
- Synonyms: sizzurp, syrup, purple drank
See also
- lean on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- lean in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- lean in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- Alne, ELAN, Lane, Lena, Nale, Neal, elan, enal, lane, nale, neal, élan
Galician
Verb
lean
- third-person plural present subjunctive of ler
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish lenaid (“stays, sticks (to), follows”), from Proto-Celtic *linati (“stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?leyH- (“to smear”); compare Latin lin? (“anoint”), l?mus (“mud, slime”), Sanskrit ?????? (lin?ti, “sticks, stays”).
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /l?an??/
- (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /l??an?/, /l??an??/
Verb
lean (present analytic leanann, future analytic leanfaidh, verbal noun leanúint, past participle leanta)
- (transitive, intransitive) follow
- continue
- remain
- endure
Conjugation
- Alternative verbal noun: leanacht (Cois Fharraige)
Derived terms
- folean
- leantóir
Further reading
- "lean" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “lenaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /?lea?n/
Verb
lean
- inflection of leat:
- first-person singular present indicative
- past indicative connegative
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /læ???n/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *laun?, from a suffixed form of Proto-Indo-European *leh?w- (“catch, plunder, profit”). Cognate with Old Frisian l?n, Old Saxon l?n, Dutch loon, Old High German l?n (German Lohn), Old Norse laun (Swedish lön), Gothic ???????????????? (laun). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek ???? (leía) (from *?????), Latin lucrum, Old Church Slavonic ???? (lov?) (Russian ??? (lov)), Old Irish lóg, Lithuanian lãvinti.
Noun
l?an n
- reward
Declension
Derived terms
- i?l?an
Related terms
- l?anian
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *lahan?. Cognate with Old Saxon lahan, Old High German lahan, Old Norse lá, Gothic ???????????????????? (laian).
Verb
l?an
- (transitive) to blame, fault, reproach
Conjugation
Descendants
- Middle English: *l?en (attested in past tense lough)
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish lenaid (“stays, sticks (to), follows”), from Proto-Celtic *linati (“stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?leyH- (“to smear”); compare Latin lin? (“anoint”), Sanskrit ?????? (lin?ti, “sticks, stays”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??n/
Verb
lean (past lean, future leanaidh, verbal noun leantainn or leanmhainn, past participle leanta)
- follow
- continue, proceed
Derived terms
- fo-leantach (“subjunctive”)
- lean air (“continue”)
- ainlean (“persecute”)
Spanish
Verb
lean
- Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of leer.
- Second-person plural (ustedes) present subjunctive form of leer.
- Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present subjunctive form of leer.
West Frisian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
lean n (plural leanen, diminutive leantsje)
- wage, wages, salary
- reward
Further reading
- “lean”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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flexible
English
Etymology
From Middle French flexible, from Latin flexibilis, from flect? (“I bend, curve”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?fl?k.s?.b?l/, /?fl?k.s?.b?l/
Adjective
flexible (comparative more flexible, superlative most flexible)
- Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.
- Synonym: pliable
- Antonyms: stiff, brittle, inflexible
- When the splitting wind Makes flexible the knees of knotted oaks. -William Shakespeare
- Willing or prone to give way to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate.
- Synonyms: tractable, manageable, ductile
- Phocion was a man of great severity, and no ways flexible to the will of the people. - Francis Bacon.
- Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible. - William Shakespeare
- Capable or being adapted or molded in some way.
- Synonyms: plastic, malleable
- a flexible language
- This was a principle more flexible to their purpose. -Rogers.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- flexibly
- flexibleness
Related terms
- flexibility
- inflexible
Translations
See also
- foldable
Noun
flexible (plural flexibles)
- (chiefly engineering and manufacturing) Something that is flexible.
References
- flexible in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- flexible on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- flexibility on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin flexibilis.
Adjective
flexible (epicene, plural flexibles)
- flexible
- Antonym: inflexible
Related terms
- flexibilidá
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin flexibilis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /fl?k?si.bl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /flek?si.ble/
Adjective
flexible (masculine and feminine plural flexibles)
- flexible
- Antonym: inflexible
Derived terms
- disc flexible
- flexibilitzar
Related terms
- flexibilitat
Further reading
- “flexible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “flexible” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “flexible” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “flexible” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin flexibilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fl?k.sibl/
- Homophone: flexibles
- Hyphenation: flex?sible
Adjective
flexible (plural flexibles)
- flexible
Derived terms
- flexiblement
- inflexible
Related terms
- flexibilité
Further reading
- “flexible” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Alternative forms
- flexíbel
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin flexibilis.
Adjective
flexible m or f (plural flexibles)
- flexible
Antonyms
- inflexible, inflexíbel
Related terms
- flexibilidade
Further reading
- “flexible” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
German
Adjective
flexible
- inflection of flexibel:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin flexibilis, from flect? (“to bend, curve”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fle??sible/, [fle???si.??le]
Adjective
flexible (plural flexibles)
- flexible (clarification of this definition is needed)
- Antonym: inflexible
Derived terms
- disco flexible
- flexibilidad
- flexibilizar
- flexibilización
Related terms
- flexión
- flexionar
Further reading
- “flexible” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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