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verb (leans, leaning, leant or leaned)
- To hang outwards.
- To press against.
Translations: - Dutch: leunen, aanleunen
- French: presser, se presser
- German: lehnen, anlehnen
(trans-mid)
- Italian: sporgersi
(trans-mid)
adjective (lean, er)
- (context, of a person) slim; not fleshy.
- (context, of meat) having little fat.
- Having little extra or little to spare.
- a budget
- Of a fuel-air mixture, having more air than is necessary to burn all of the fuel; more air- or oxygen- rich than necessary for a stoichiometric reaction.
Translations: - Dutch: mager
- French: pauvre
(trans-mid)
(trans-bottom)
- German: mager
(trans-mid)
- Italian: magro
- Spanish: delgado, delgada
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