Lean vs. Lien

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

Liennoun

(obsolete) A tendon.

Liennoun

(legal) A right to take possession of a debtor’s property as security until a debt or duty is discharged.

Liennoun

The spleen.

Lienverb

alternative form of lain

Lien

p. p. of Lie. See lain.

Liennoun

A legal claim; a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty; a right in one to control or hold and retain the property of another until some claim of the former is paid or satisfied.

Liennoun

the right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged

Liennoun

a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses

Lien

A lien ( or ) is a form of security interest granted over an item of property to secure the payment of a debt or performance of some other obligation. The owner of the property, who grants the lien, is referred to as the lienee and the person who has the benefit of the lien is referred to as the lienor or lien holder.