Definition of lean

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Lean (v. i.) 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..

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Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To pass a broom across (a surface) so as to remove loose dirt, dust, etc.; to brush, or rub over, with a broom for the purpose of cleaning; as, to sweep a floor, the street, or a chimney. Used also figuratively..
Breastheight :: Breastheight (n.) The interior slope of a fortification, against which the garrison lean in firing..
Lean :: Lean (v. i.) 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..
Mundatory :: Mundatory (a.) Cleansing; having power to cleanse.
Innitency :: Innitency (n.) A leaning; pressure; weight.
Purificative :: Purificative (a.) Having power to purify; tending to cleanse.
Inclinnation :: Inclinnation (n.) The act of inclining, or state of being inclined; a leaning; as, an inclination of the head..
Cleaning :: Cleaning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clea.
Abstergent :: Abstergent (n.) A substance used in cleansing; a detergent; as, soap is an abstergent..
Police :: Police (n.) A judicial and executive system, for the government of a city, town, or district, for the preservation of rights, order, cleanliness, health, etc., and for the enforcement of the laws and prevention of crime; the administration of the laws and regulations of a city, incorporated town, or borough..
Sanctify :: Sanctify (v. t.) To make free from sin; to cleanse from moral corruption and pollution; to purify.
Lean-faced :: Lean-faced (a.) slender or narrow; -- said of type the letters of which have thin lines, or are unusually narrow in proportion to their height..
Swab :: Swab (n.) A bit of sponge, cloth, or the like, fastened to a handle, for cleansing the mouth of a sick person, applying medicaments to deep-seated parts, etc..
Leaning :: Leaning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lea.
Sheer :: Sheer (adv.) Clean; quite; at once.
Zoilean :: Zoilean (a.) Having the characteristic of Zoilus, a bitter, envious, unjust critic, who lived about 270 years before Christ..
Galilean :: Galilean (a.) Of or relating to Galilee.
Patio :: Patio (n.) A paved yard or floor where ores are cleaned and sorted, or where ore, salt, mercury, etc., are trampled by horses, to effect intermixture and amalgamation..
Hatchel :: Hatchel (n.) An instrument with long iron teeth set in a board, for cleansing flax or hemp from the tow, hards, or coarse part; a kind of large comb; -- called also hackle and heckle..
Cleanness :: Cleanness (n.) Purity of life or language; freedom from licentious courses.
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