Leanverb
To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
âa leaning columnâ; âShe leaned out of the window.â;
Meanverb
To intend.
Leanverb
To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; with to, toward, etc.
âI'm leaning towards voting Conservative in the next election.â;
Meanverb
(transitive) To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention.
âI didn't mean to knock your tooth out.â; âI mean to go to Baddeck this summer.â; âI meant to take the car in for a smog check, but it slipped my mind.â;
Leanverb
To rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc.; with on, upon, or against.
Meanverb
(intransitive) To have intentions of a given kind.
âDon't be angry; she meant well.â;
Leanverb
To hang outwards.
Meanverb
To intend (something) for a given purpose or fate; to predestine.
âActually this desk was meant for the subeditor.â; âMan was not meant to question such things.â;
Leanverb
To press against.
Meanverb
To convey meaning.
Leanverb
To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen.
Meanverb
(transitive) To convey (a given sense); to signify, or indicate (an object or idea).
âI'm afraid I don't understand what you mean.â; âThe sky is red this morningâdoes that mean we're in for a storm?â;
Leanverb
To conceal.
Meanverb
(transitive) Of a word, symbol etc: to have reference to, to signify.
âWhat does this hieroglyph mean?â;
Leannoun
(of an object taller than its width and depth) An inclination away from the vertical.
âThe trees had various leans toward gaps in the canopy.â;
Meanverb
(transitive) To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says).
âDoes she really mean what she said to him last night?â; âSay what you mean and mean what you say.â;
Leannoun
Meat with no fat on it.
Meanverb
(transitive) To result in; to bring about.
âOne faltering step means certain death.â;
Leannoun
A recreational drug based on codeine-laced promethazine cough syrup, popular in the hip hop community in the southeastern United States.
Meanverb
(transitive) To be important (to).
âMy home life means a lot to me.â;
Leanadjective
(of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy.
Meanverb
To lament.
Leanadjective
(of meat) Having little fat.
âlean steak cutsâ;
Meanadjective
(obsolete) Common; general.
Leanadjective
Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.
âa lean budgetâ; âa lean harvestâ;
Meanadjective
Of a common or low origin, grade, or quality; common; humble.
âa man of mean parentageâ; â/ a mean abodeâ;
Leanadjective
Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.
âA lean ore hardly worth mining.â; âRunning on too lean a fuel-air mixture will cause, among other problems, your internal combustion engine to heat up too much.â;
Meanadjective
Low in quality or degree; inferior; poor; shabby.
âa mean appearanceâ; â/ mean dressâ;
Leanadjective
Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed to fat.
âlean copy, matter, or typeâ;
Meanadjective
Without dignity of mind; destitute of honour; low-minded; spiritless; base.
âa mean motiveâ;
Leanadjective
(business) Efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing"
âlean managementâ; âlean manufacturingâ; âAlcoa is now a lean and agile enterprise, after having split last year into two entities.â;
Meanadjective
Of little value or account; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.
Leanverb
To conceal.
Meanadjective
Ungenerous; stingy, tightfisted; North American English: cheap; formal: niggardly, penurious, miserly.
âHe's so mean. I've never seen him spend so much as five pounds on presents for his children.â;
Leanverb
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.
Meanadjective
Disobliging; pettily offensive or unaccommodating; small.
Leanverb
To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; - with to, toward, etc.
âThey delight rather to lean to their old customs.â;
Meanadjective
Selfish; acting without consideration of others; unkind.
âIt was mean to steal the girl's piggy bank, but he just had to get uptown and he had no cash of his own.â;
Leanverb
To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; - with on, upon, or against.
âHe leaned not on his fathers but himself.â;
Meanadjective
Causing or intending to cause intentional harm; bearing ill will towards another; cruel; malicious.
âWatch out for her, she's mean. I said good morning to her, and she punched me in the nose.â;
Leanverb
To cause to lean; to incline; to support or rest.
âHis fainting limbs against an oak he leant.â;
Meanadjective
Powerful; fierce; harsh; damaging.
âIt must have been a mean typhoon that levelled this town.â;
Leanadjective
Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; slim; not plump; slender; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean cattle.
Meanadjective
Accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with.
âYour mother can roll a mean cigarette.â; âHe hits a mean backhand.â;
Leanadjective
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.
âTheir lean and flashy songs.â; âWhat the land is, whether it be fat or lean.â; âOut of my lean and low abilityI'll lend you something.â;
Meanadjective
Difficult, tricky.
âThis problem is mean!â;
Leanadjective
Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; - opposed to fat; as, lean copy, matter, or type.
Meanadjective
Having the mean (see noun below) as its value.
Leannoun
That part of flesh which consists principally of muscle without the fat.
âThe fat was so white and the lean was so ruddy.â;
Meanadjective
(obsolete) Middling; intermediate; moderately good, tolerable.
Leannoun
Unremunerative copy or work.
Meannoun
A method or course of action used to achieve some result.
Leannoun
the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical;
âthe tower had a pronounced tiltâ; âthe ship developed a list to starboardâ; âhe walked with a heavy inclination to the rightâ;
Meannoun
An intermediate step or intermediate steps.
Leanverb
to incline or bend from a vertical position;
âShe leaned over the banisterâ;
Meannoun
Something which is intermediate or in the middle; an intermediate value or range of values; a medium.
Leanverb
cause to lean or incline;
âHe leaned his rifle against the wallâ;
Meannoun
The middle part of three-part polyphonic music; now specifically, the alto part in polyphonic music; an alto instrument.
Leanverb
have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined;
âShe tends to be nervous before her lecturesâ; âThese dresses run smallâ; âHe inclined to corpulenceâ;
Meannoun
(statistics) The average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number of terms; the arithmetic mean.
Leanverb
rely on for support;
âWe can lean on this manâ;
Meannoun
(mathematics) Any function of multiple variables that satisfies certain properties and yields a number representative of its arguments; or, the number so yielded; a measure of central tendency.
Leanverb
cause to lean to the side;
âErosion listed the old treeâ;
Meannoun
(mathematics) Either of the two numbers in the middle of a conventionally presented proportion, as 2 and 3 in 1:2=3:6.
Leanadjective
lacking excess flesh;
âyou can't be too rich or too thinâ; âYon Cassius has a lean and hungry lookâ;
Meanverb
To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do?
âWhat mean ye by this service ?â; âYe thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good.â; âI am not a SpaniardTo say that it is yours and not to mean it.â;
Leanadjective
lacking in mineral content or combustible material;
âlean oreâ; âlean fuelâ;
Meanverb
To signify; to indicate; to import; to denote.
âWhat mean these seven ewe lambs ?â; âGo ye, and learn what that meaneth.â;
Leanadjective
containing little excess;
âa lean budgetâ; âa skimpy allowanceâ;
Meanverb
To have a purpose or intention.
Leanadjective
low in mineral content;
âa lean oreâ;
Meanadjective
Destitute of distinction or eminence; common; low; vulgar; humble.
âThe mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself.â;
Leanadjective
not profitable or prosperous;
âa lean yearâ;
Meanadjective
Wanting dignity of mind; low-minded; base; destitute of honor; spiritless; as, a mean motive.
âCan you imagine I so mean could prove,To save my life by changing of my love ?â;
Leanverb
be in or move into a sloping position
âhe leaned back in his chairâ;
Meanadjective
Of little value or account; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.
âThe Roman legions and great CĂŠsar foundOur fathers no mean foes.â;
Leanverb
incline from the perpendicular and rest for support against (something)
âa man was leaning against the wallâ;
Meanadjective
Of poor quality; as, mean fare.
Leanverb
cause something to rest against
âhe leaned his elbows on the tableâ;
Meanadjective
Penurious; stingy; close-fisted; illiberal; as, mean hospitality.
Leannoun
a deviation from the perpendicular; an inclination
âthe vehicle has a definite lean to the leftâ;
Meanadjective
Occupying a middle position; middle; being about midway between extremes.
âBeing of middle age and a mean stature.â;
Leannoun
the lean part of meat
âthe man who eats no fat and the wife who eats no leanâ;
Meanadjective
Intermediate in excellence of any kind.
âAccording to the fittest style of lofty, mean, or lowly.â;
Leanadjective
(of a person or animal) thin, especially healthily so; having no superfluous fat
âhis lean, muscular bodyâ;
Meanadjective
Average; having an intermediate value between two extremes, or between the several successive values of a variable quantity during one cycle of variation; as, mean distance; mean motion; mean solar day.
Leanadjective
(of meat) containing little fat
âlean baconâ;
Meannoun
That which is mean, or intermediate, between two extremes of place, time, or number; the middle point or place; middle rate or degree; mediocrity; medium; absence of extremes or excess; moderation; measure.
âBut to speak in a mean, the virtue of prosperity is temperance; the virtue of adversity is fortitude.â; âThere is a mean in all things.â; âThe extremes we have mentioned, between which the wellinstracted Christian holds the mean, are correlatives.â;
Leanadjective
(of an industry or company) efficient and with no wastage
âstaff were pruned, ostensibly to produce a leaner and fitter organizationâ;
Meannoun
A quantity having an intermediate value between several others, from which it is derived, and of which it expresses the resultant value; usually, unless otherwise specified, it is the simple average, formed by adding the quantities together and dividing by their number, which is called an arithmetical mean. A geometrical mean is the nth root of the product of the n quantities being averaged.
Leanadjective
offering little reward, substance, or nourishment; meagre
âthe lean winter monthsâ; âkeep a small reserve to tide you over the lean yearsâ;
Meannoun
That through which, or by the help of which, an end is attained; something tending to an object desired; intermediate agency or measure; necessary condition or coagent; instrument.
âTheir virtuous conversation was a mean to work the conversion of the heathen to Christ.â; âYou may be able, by this mean, to review your own scientific acquirements.â; âPhilosophical doubt is not an end, but a mean.â; âBy this means he had them more at vantage.â; âWhat other means is left unto us.â;
Leanadjective
(of a vaporized fuel mixture) having a high proportion of air
âlean air-to-fuel ratiosâ;
Meannoun
Resources; property, revenue, or the like, considered as the condition of easy livelihood, or an instrumentality at command for effecting any purpose; disposable force or substance.
âYour means are very slender, and your waste is great.â;
Meannoun
A part, whether alto or tenor, intermediate between the soprano and base; a middle part.
âThe mean is drowned with your unruly base.â;
Meannoun
Meantime; meanwhile.
Meannoun
A mediator; a go-between.
âHe wooeth her by means and by brokage.â; âIf by any means I might attain to the resurrection of the dead.â; âThe wine on this side of the lake is by no means so good as that on the other.â;
Meannoun
an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
Meanverb
mean or intend to express or convey;
âYou never understand what I mean!â; âwhat do his words intend?â;
Meanverb
have as a logical consequence;
âThe water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showersâ;
Meanverb
denote or connote;
â`maison' means `house' in Frenchâ; âAn example sentence would show what this word meansâ;
Meanverb
have in mind as a purpose;
âI mean no harmâ; âI only meant to help youâ; âShe didn't think to harm meâ; âWe thought to return early that nightâ;
Meanverb
have a specified degree of importance;
âMy ex-husband means nothing to meâ; âHappiness means everythingâ;
Meanverb
intend to refer to;
âI'm thinking of good food when I talk about Franceâ; âYes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!â;
Meanverb
destine or designate for a certain purpose;
âThese flowers were meant for youâ;
Meanadjective
approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value;
âthe average income in New England is below that of the nationâ; âof average height for his ageâ; âthe mean annual rainfallâ;
Meanadjective
characterized by malice;
âa hateful thing to doâ; âin a mean moodâ;
Meanadjective
having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality;
âthat liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabbleâ; âtaking a mean advantageâ; âchok'd with ambition of the meaner sortâ; âsomething essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politicsâ;
Meanadjective
excellent;
âfamous for a mean backhandâ;
Meanadjective
marked by poverty befitting a beggar;
âa beggarly existence in the slumsâ; âa mean hutâ;
Meanadjective
used of persons or behavior; characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity;
âa mean personâ; âhe left a miserly tipâ;
Meanadjective
used of sums of money; so small in amount as to deserve contempt
Meanverb
intend to convey or refer to (a particular thing); signify
âI don't know what you meanâ; âI meant you, not Jonesâ; âhe was asked to clarify what his remarks meantâ;
Meanverb
(of a word) have (something) as its signification in the same language or its equivalent in another language
âits name means âpainted rockâ in Cherokeeâ;
Meanverb
genuinely intend to express (something)
âwhen she said that she meant itâ;
Meanverb
be of a specified degree of importance to (someone)
âanimals have always meant more to him than peopleâ;
Meanverb
intend (something) to occur or be the case
âit was meant to be a secretâ; âthey mean no harmâ;
Meanverb
be supposed to do something
âwe were meant to go over yesterdayâ;
Meanverb
design or destine for a particular purpose
âthe jacket was meant for a much larger personâ;
Meanverb
have something as a motive or explanation in saying or doing
âwhat do you mean by leaving me out here in the cold?â;
Meanverb
be generally considered to be
âthis one's meant to be pricelessâ;
Meanverb
have as a consequence or result
âthe proposals are likely to mean another hundred closuresâ; âheavy rain meant that the pitch was waterloggedâ;
Meanverb
necessarily or usually entail or involve
âcoal stoves mean a lot of smokeâ;
Meanadjective
unwilling to give or share things, especially money; not generous
âthey're not mean with the garlicâ; âshe felt mean not giving a tipâ;
Meanadjective
unkind, spiteful, or unfair
âI was mean to them over the festive seasonâ;
Meanadjective
vicious or aggressive in behaviour
âthe dogs were considered mean, vicious, and a threatâ;
Meanadjective
(especially of a place) poor in quality and appearance; shabby
âher home was mean and smallâ;
Meanadjective
(of a person's mental capacity or understanding) inferior
âit was obvious to even the meanest intelligenceâ;
Meanadjective
of low birth or social class
âa muffler like that worn by the meanest of peopleâ;
Meanadjective
very skilful or effective; excellent
âshe dances a mean tangoâ; âhe's a mean cookâ;
Meanadjective
(of a quantity) calculated as a mean; average
âparticipants in the study had a mean age of 35 yearsâ;
Meanadjective
equally far from two extremes
âhope is the mean virtue between despair and presumptionâ;
Meannoun
the value obtained by dividing the sum of several quantities by their number; an average
âacid output was calculated by taking the mean of all three samplesâ;
Meannoun
a condition, quality, or course of action equally removed from two opposite extremes
âthe measure expresses a mean between saving and splashing outâ;
Mean
There are several kinds of mean in mathematics, especially in statistics: For a data set, the arithmetic mean, also known as average or arithmetic average, is a central value of a finite set of numbers: specifically, the sum of the values divided by the number of values. The arithmetic mean of a set of numbers x1, x2, ..., xn is typically denoted by x ÂŻ {\displaystyle {\bar {x}}} .