lean
/ˈliːn/ verb C2- To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen.
He/she/it leans · Past leaned · Past participle leaned · -ing form leaning
Verb forms
- Base form
- lean
- He/she/it
- leans
- Past
- leaned
- Past participle
- leaned
- -ing form
- leaning
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
Then the tall, lean figure inclined towards me.
“Really, have you had a vision of the seven fat kine and the seven lean kine?”
In height he was rather over six feet, and so excessively lean that he seemed to be considerably taller.
Lestrade, lean and ferret-like as ever, was standing by the doorway, and greeted my companion and myself.
Other matches
- lean Slim B1
- lean To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical p... B2
- lean Meat with no fat on it. C2
- lean An inclination away from the vertical. C2
- lean A recreational drug composed of codeine-prometh... C2
- lean in To shift one's weight forward
- lean into Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: ...
- lean on Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: ...
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