lean, adj.
freq. cnt. 5
freq. cnt. 5
lacking excess flesh
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 20 freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 5
lean thin
sample sentences
"you can't be too rich or too thin""Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
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attribute
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anorexic, anorectic
gaunt, emaciated, cadaverous, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted
deep-eyed, hollow-eyed, sunken-eyed
lanky, gangling, gangly
lank, spindly
rawboned
reedy, reedlike
twiggy, twiglike
scarecrowish
scrawny, skinny, bony, scraggy, boney, underweight, weedy, scraggly
withered, shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, wizen, wizened
slender, slim, slight, svelte
slender-waisted, slim-waisted, wasp-waisted
spare, trim
spindle-legged, spindle-shanked
wiry, stringy
sylphlike, sylphic
wisplike, wispy
not profitable or prosperous
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lean
sample sentences
"a lean year"
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lacking in mineral content or combustible material
<adj.all>
lean
sample sentences
"lean ore""lean fuel"
containing little excess
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lean skimpy
sample sentences
"a lean budget""a skimpy allowance"
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