Lean vs. Leave

Leanverb

To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.

Leanverb

To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; with to, toward, etc.

Leanverb

To rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc.; with on, upon, or against.

Leanverb

To hang outwards.

Leanverb

To press against.

Leanverb

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

Leanverb

To conceal.

Leannoun

(of an object taller than its width and depth) An inclination away from the vertical.

Leannoun

Meat with no fat on it.

Leannoun

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

Leanadjective

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

Leanadjective

(of meat) Having little fat.

Leanadjective

Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.

Leanadjective

Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.

Leanadjective

Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed to fat.

Leanadjective

(business) Efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing"

Leanverb

To conceal.

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.

Leanverb

To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; - with to, toward, etc.

Leanverb

To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; - with on, upon, or against.

Leanverb

To cause to lean; to incline; to support or rest.

Leanadjective

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

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.

Leanadjective

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

Leannoun

That part of flesh which consists principally of muscle without the fat.

Leannoun

Unremunerative copy or work.

Leannoun

the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical;

Leanverb

to incline or bend from a vertical position;

Leanverb

cause to lean or incline;

Leanverb

have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined;

Leanverb

rely on for support;

Leanverb

cause to lean to the side;

Leanadjective

lacking excess flesh;

Leanadjective

lacking in mineral content or combustible material;

Leanadjective

containing little excess;

Leanadjective

low in mineral content;

Leanadjective

not profitable or prosperous;

Leanverb

be in or move into a sloping position

Leanverb

incline from the perpendicular and rest for support against (something)

Leanverb

cause something to rest against

Leannoun

a deviation from the perpendicular; an inclination

Leannoun

the lean part of meat

Leanadjective

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

Leanadjective

(of meat) containing little fat

Leanadjective

(of an industry or company) efficient and with no wastage

Leanadjective

offering little reward, substance, or nourishment; meagre

Leanadjective

(of a vaporized fuel mixture) having a high proportion of air

Leaveverb

(transitive) To have a consequence or remnant.

Leaveverb

To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.

Leaveverb

To cause, to result in.

Leaveverb

(transitive) To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver, with a sense of withdrawing oneself.

Leaveverb

To depart; to separate from.

Leaveverb

To let be or do without interference.

Leaveverb

(transitive) To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with.

Leaveverb

(transitive) To end one's membership in (a group); to terminate one's affiliation with (an organization); to stop participating in (a project).

Leaveverb

(intransitive) To depart; to go away from a certain place or state.

Leaveverb

To transfer something.

Leaveverb

(transitive) To transfer possession of after death.

Leaveverb

(transitive) To give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit.

Leaveverb

(transitive) To transfer responsibility or attention of (something) (to someone); to stop being concerned with.

Leaveverb

To remain (behind); to stay.

Leaveverb

To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund).

Leaveverb

(transitive) To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant.

Leaveverb

To produce leaves or foliage.

Leaveverb

(obsolete) To raise; to levy.

Leavenoun

(cricket) The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.

Leavenoun

(billiards) The arrangement of balls in play that remains after a shot is made (which determines whether the next shooter — who may be either the same player, or an opponent — has good options, or only poor ones).

Leavenoun

Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.

Leavenoun

Permission.

Leavenoun

(dated) Farewell, departure.

Leaveverb

To send out leaves; to leaf; - often with out.

Leaveverb

To raise; to levy.

Leaveverb

To withdraw one's self from; to go away from; to depart from; as, to leave the house.

Leaveverb

To let remain unremoved or undone; to let stay or continue, in distinction from what is removed or changed.

Leaveverb

To cease from; to desist from; to abstain from.

Leaveverb

To desert; to abandon; to forsake; hence, to give up; to relinquish.

Leaveverb

To let be or do without interference; as, I left him to his reflections; I leave my hearers to judge.

Leaveverb

To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver; to commit; to submit - with a sense of withdrawing one's self from; as, leave your hat in the hall; we left our cards; to leave the matter to arbitrators.

Leaveverb

To have remaining at death; hence, to bequeath; as, he left a large estate; he left a good name; he left a legacy to his niece.

Leaveverb

to cause to be; - followed by an adjective or adverb describing a state or condition; as, the losses due to fire leave me penniless; The cost of defending himself left Bill Clinton with a mountain of lawyers' bills.

Leaveverb

To depart; to set out.

Leaveverb

To cease; to desist; to leave off.

Leavenoun

Liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is removed; permission; allowance; license.

Leavenoun

The act of leaving or departing; a formal parting; a leaving; farewell; adieu; - used chiefly in the phrase, to take leave, i. e., literally, to take permission to go.

Leavenoun

the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty;

Leavenoun

permission to do something;

Leavenoun

the act of departing politely;

Leaveverb

go away from a place;

Leaveverb

go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness;

Leaveverb

act or be so as to become in a specified state;

Leaveverb

leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking;

Leaveverb

move out of or depart from;

Leaveverb

make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain;

Leaveverb

result in;

Leaveverb

remove oneself from an association with or participation in;

Leaveverb

put into the care or protection of someone;

Leaveverb

leave or give by will after one's death;

Leaveverb

have left or have as a remainder;

Leaveverb

be survived by after one's death;

Leaveverb

tell or deposit (information) knowledge;

Leaveverb

leave behind unintentionally;

Leaveverb

go away from

Leaveverb

depart from permanently

Leaveverb

cease attending (a school or college) or working for (an organization)

Leaveverb

allow or cause to remain

Leaveverb

remain to be used or dealt with

Leaveverb

go away from a place without taking (someone or something)

Leaveverb

abandon (a spouse or partner)

Leaveverb

have as (a surviving relative) after one's death

Leaveverb

bequeath (property) to a person or other beneficiary by a will

Leaveverb

cause (someone or something) to be in a particular state or position

Leaveverb

let (someone) do or deal with something without offering help or assistance

Leaveverb

cause to remain as a trace or record

Leaveverb

deposit or entrust to be kept, collected, or attended to

Leaveverb

entrust a decision, choice, or action to (someone else, especially someone considered better qualified)

Leaveverb

(of a plant) put out new leaves

Leavenoun

(in snooker, croquet, and other games) the position in which a player leaves the balls for the next player.

Leavenoun

time when one has permission to be absent from work or from duty in the armed forces

Leavenoun

permission