lean

lean
lean
1. lean [li:n] adj
1) animal mager; person schlank, schmal
2) meat mager
3) (of period of time) mager, dürftig;
4) (approv: of organization) schlank (fig) (efficient) effizient;
\lean company schlanke Firma
5) (of fuel) mager n
no pl Magere nt, mageres Fleisch
2. lean [li:n] vi <leant or (Am usu) leaned , leant or (Am usu) leaned>
1) (incline) sich akk beugen;
(prop) sich akk lehnen;
she \leaned back in her chair sie lehnte sich im Sessel zurück;
to \lean to the left/right sich akk nach links/rechts lehnen;
to \lean against sth sich akk an [o gegen] etw akk lehnen;
to \lean forward sich akk nach vorne lehnen;
to \lean on sb/sth sich akk an jdn/etw [an]lehnen;
to \lean out of a window sich akk aus einem Fenster [hinaus]lehnen;
2) (fig: opinion) neigen;
I \lean towards the view that ... ich neige zur Ansicht, dass ...;
some of his family \lean towards communism einige seiner Familienangehörigen tendieren zum Kommunismus;
to \lean to the left/right nach links/rechts tendieren vt <leant or (Am usu) leaned , leant or (Am usu) leaned>
to \lean sth against/on sth etw an [o gegen] /auf etw akk lehnen

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