"lean" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /liːn/ Audio: en-us-lean.ogg [US] Forms: lean [positive], leaner [comparative], leanest [superlative]
enPR: lēn Head templates: {{adj|lean|leaner|leanest}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If a person is lean, then he or she is slim and not fat.
    Sense id: simple-lean-en-adj-Xxnrh7WJ
  2. If a piece of meat is lean, it has little or no fat.
    Sense id: simple-lean-en-adj-uP3N9Tvp

Verb

IPA: /liːn/ Audio: en-us-lean.ogg [US] Forms: leaned [past], leaned [past, participle], lean [canonical], leans [third-person, singular], leant [past], leant [past, participle], leaning [present, participle]
enPR: lēn Head templates: {{verb|lean}} [POS TABLE], {{verb2|lean|leans|leant|leant|leaning}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you lean against something, then you push or press against it.
    Sense id: simple-lean-en-verb-TyqZJ0DU
  2. move into a bending style, forwards, backwards, sideways
    Sense id: simple-lean-en-verb-zdiwvt6U
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        {
          "text": "He leaned his bicycle against the wall."
        }
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        {
          "text": "He leaned his bicycle against the wall."
        }
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        "If you lean against something, then you push or press against it."
      ]
    },
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        "move into a bending style, forwards, backwards, sideways"
      ]
    }
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      ]
    }
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    },
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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