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Lean vs. Lanky — What's the Difference?

Lean vs. Lanky — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Lean and Lanky

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Lean

Be in or move into a sloping position
He leaned back in his chair

Lanky

Tall, thin, and often ungainly.

Lean

A deviation from the perpendicular; an inclination
The vehicle has a definite lean to the left

Lanky

(informal) Tall, slim, and rather ungraceful or awkward.

Lean

The lean part of meat
The man who eats no fat and the wife who eats no lean
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Lanky

Somewhat lank; tall, thin, bony and ungraceful.
The lanky Dinka, nearly seven feet in height.

Lean

(of a person or animal) thin, especially healthily so; having no superfluous fat
His lean, muscular body

Lanky

Tall and thin and having long slender limbs;
A gangling teenager
A lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man

Lean

Offering little reward, substance, or nourishment; meagre
The lean winter months
Keep a small reserve to tide you over the lean years

Lanky

Ungracefully tall and thin

Lean

(of a vaporized fuel mixture) having a high proportion of air
Lean air-to-fuel ratios

Lean

To bend or slant away from the vertical.

Lean

To incline the weight of the body so as to be supported
Leaning against the doorpost.

Lean

To rely for assistance or support
Lean on me for help.

Lean

To have a tendency or preference
A government that leans toward fascism.

Lean

(Informal) To exert pressure
The boss is leaning on us to meet the deadline.

Lean

To set or place so as to be resting or supported
Leaned the ladder against the wall.

Lean

To cause to incline
Leaned the boards so the rain would run off.

Lean

A tilt or an inclination away from the vertical.

Lean

Meat with little or no fat.

Lean

Not fleshy or fat; thin.

Lean

Containing little fat or less fat relative to a standard
Lean hamburger.

Lean

Not productive or prosperous; meager
Lean years.

Lean

Containing little excess or waste; spare
A lean budget.

Lean

Thrifty in management, especially by employing just enough people to accomplish a task or do business
"Company leaders know their industries must be lean to survive" (Christian Science Monitor).

Lean

(Metallurgy) Low in mineral contents
Lean ore.

Lean

(Chemistry) Lacking in combustible material
Lean fuel.

Lean

To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
A leaning column
She leaned out of the window.

Lean

(copulative) To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc.
I’m leaning towards voting Conservative in the next election.
The Hispanic vote leans Democratic.

Lean

Followed by against, on, or upon: to rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc.

Lean

To hang outwards.

Lean

To press against.

Lean

To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen.

Lean

To conceal.

Lean

(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.

Lean

(uncountable) Meat with no fat on it.

Lean

An organism that is lean in stature.

Lean

A recreational drug based on codeine-laced promethazine cough syrup, especially popular in the hip hop community in the southeastern United States.

Lean

(of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy.

Lean

(of meat) Having little fat.
Lean steak cuts

Lean

Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.
A lean budget
A lean harvest

Lean

Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.
A lean ore hardly worth mining.
Running on too lean a fuel-air mixture will cause, among other problems, your internal combustion engine to heat up too much.

Lean

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

Lean

(business) Efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing".
Lean management
Lean manufacturing
Alcoa is now a lean and agile enterprise, after having split last year into two entities.

Lean

To conceal.

Lean

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.

Lean

To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; - with to, toward, etc.
They delight rather to lean to their old customs.

Lean

To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; - with on, upon, or against.
He leaned not on his fathers but himself.

Lean

To cause to lean; to incline; to support or rest.
His fainting limbs against an oak he leant.

Lean

Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; slim; not plump; slender; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean cattle.

Lean

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.
Their lean and flashy songs.
What the land is, whether it be fat or lean.
Out of my lean and low abilityI'll lend you something.

Lean

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

Lean

That part of flesh which consists principally of muscle without the fat.
The fat was so white and the lean was so ruddy.

Lean

Unremunerative copy or work.

Lean

The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical;
The tower had a pronounced tilt
The ship developed a list to starboard
He walked with a heavy inclination to the right

Lean

To incline or bend from a vertical position;
She leaned over the banister

Lean

Cause to lean or incline;
He leaned his rifle against the wall

Lean

Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined;
She tends to be nervous before her lectures
These dresses run small
He inclined to corpulence

Lean

Rely on for support;
We can lean on this man

Lean

Cause to lean to the side;
Erosion listed the old tree

Lean

Lacking excess flesh;
You can't be too rich or too thin
Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look

Lean

Lacking in mineral content or combustible material;
Lean ore
Lean fuel

Lean

Containing little excess;
A lean budget
A skimpy allowance

Lean

Low in mineral content;
A lean ore

Lean

Not profitable or prosperous;
A lean year

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