Словарь синонимов английского языка - lean

(adj) 1. thin, slim, slender, rangy, spare, wiry, lanky, lank, skinny, angular, bony, raw-boned, gaunt, gangling, gangly, spare, meagre, skeletal, scraggy, scrawny, haggard, emaciated, pinched, wasted, shrunken, macilent: He has the lean leggy build typical of a runner. 2. unfruitful, unproductive, barren, infertile, poor, meagre, scanty, bare, arid, sparse, impoverished: The Kanes tried for years to eke a living from the lean soil. 3. impoverished, destitute, needy, poverty-stricken, penurious, indigent, necessitous, hard, bad, difficult: The Depression was a lean period for most people. (v) 1. rest (against or on or upon), be held up or supported by: Che leant her head on his shoulder. 2. incline, slant, tilt, bend, tip: Isn't that pole leaning over too much? 3. Often, lean towards. favour, gravitate towards, tend towards, be disposed towards, prefer, show a preference for, incline towards, be or lean on the side of, be biased towards, be (prejudiced) in favour of: She leans towards consebvatism when it comec to morality. 4. lean on. a rely on, depend on, count on, believe or trust in, pin one's hopes or faith on or upon: You can lean on me if you need help. b pressure, bring pressure to bear on, intimidate, threaten, cow, terrorize, terrify, scare, frighten, warn, menace, endanger, imperil, Brit pressurize: Sometimes the gang gould lean on a shopkeeper who refused to pay for 'protection'.