Definition of lean

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Lean (v. i.) To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; -- with on, upon, or against..

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Card :: Card (v. t.) To comb with a card; to cleanse or disentangle by carding; as, to card wool; to card a horse..
List :: List (v. i.) To lean; to incline; as, the ship lists to port..
Unclean :: Unclean (a.) Ceremonially impure; needing ritual cleansing.
Meagre :: Meagre (a.) Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean..
Cleaned :: Cleaned (imp. & p. p.) of Clea.
Scour :: Scour (v. t.) To remove by rubbing or cleansing; to sweep along or off; to carry away or remove, as by a current of water; -- often with off or away..
Herculean :: Herculean (a.) Having extraordinary strength or size; as, Herculean limbs..
To-fall :: To-fall (n.) A lean-to. See Lean-to.
Cleanly :: Cleanly (superl.) Habitually clean; pure; innocent.
Willow :: Willow (n.) A machine in which cotton or wool is opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods, though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called also willy, twilly, twilly devil, and devil..
Elutriate :: Elutriate (v. t.) To wash or strain out so as to purify; as, to elutriate the blood as it passes through the lungs; to strain off or decant, as a powder which is separated from heavier particles by being drawn off with water; to cleanse, as by washing..
Leaser :: Leaser (n.) One who leases or gleans.
Grave :: Grave (v. t.) To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch; -- so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for this purpose..
Recline :: Recline (v. i.) To lean or incline; as, to recline against a wall..
Cleansable :: Cleansable (a.) Capable of being cleansed.
Wallow :: Wallow (v. t.) To roll; esp., to roll in anything defiling or unclean..
Gleaned :: Gleaned (imp. & p. p.) of Glea.
Purging :: Purging (n.) The act of cleansing; excessive evacuations; especially, diarrhea..
Lean :: Lean (v. i.) To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; -- with on, upon, or against..
Erect :: Erect (a.) Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect..
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