lean

Definition of lean in Turkish Turkish dictionary
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English - English

Definition of lean in English English dictionary: slim; not fleshy; To press against; 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; having little fat; Having little extra or little to spare
a lean budget.; To hang outwards; low in mineral content; "a lean ore"; {v} to incline, bend, rest against or upon; {n} meat void of fat; {a} thin, poor, slender; {s} thin, skinny; having little fat; meager, poor, lacking; spare; thrifty, economical; Every good dog's response to the command "sit !", especially if your person is dressed for an evening out Incredibly effective before black-tie events; rely on for support; "We can lean on this man"; When the air - fuel mixture is too rich, the driver may adjust the needles to lean out the mixture, i e increase the air to fuel ratio If the engine runs too lean, it may get too hot which can severly damage the engine The piston may get stuck inside of the cylinder; containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance; To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; with to, toward, etc; Every good dog's response to the command "sit", especially if your person is dressed for an evening out Incredibly effective before black-tie events; Every good dog's response to the command "sit !", especially if your hooman is dressed for an evening out Incredibly effective before black-tie events; A not necessarily critical term used to describe wines made in an austere style When used as a term of criticism, it indicates a wine is lacking in fruit; containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"; American English uses the form leaned as the past tense and past participle. British English uses either leaned or leant; Every good dog's response to the command "sit!", especially if your human is dressed for an evening out Incredibly effective before black-tie events; lacking in mineral content or combustible material; "lean ore"; "lean fuel"; not profitable or prosperous; "a lean year"; Refers to carburetor setting When an engine is run too lean it will overheat, causing damage, and likely an in flight engine failure Tuning a carburetor is best accomplished by starting rich, and working gradually to the condition which produces maximum power, while allowing a small amount of unburned fuel mixture to lubricate and cool the engine; If meat is lean, it does not have very much fat. It is a beautiful meat, very lean and tender. fatty; Every good dogs's response to the command "sit!", especially if your person is dressed for an evening out Incredibly effective before black-tie events; cause to lean or incline; "He leaned his rifle against the wall"; If you lean on or against someone or something, you rest against them so that they partly support your weight. If you lean an object on or against something, you place the object so that it is partly supported by that thing. She was feeling tired and was glad to lean against him Lean the plants against a wall and cover the roots with peat; to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister"; Very slightly bass-shy The effect of a very slight bass rolloff below around 500Hz; lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare; (1) tilt, as in: Lean closer so I can whisper in your ear; {i} inclination, tendency; meat in which there is more muscle than fat, lean meat; Term applies to seafood, game meat, meat and poultry products, and main dish and meal products Label word used to describe a food that has less than 10 g total fat, 4 5 g or less saturated fat, and less than 95 mg cholesterol Extra Lean - Term applies to seafood, game meat, meat and poultry products, and main dish and meal products Label word used to describe a food that has less than 5 g total fat, 2 g saturated fat and 95 mg cholesterol; To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; with on, upon, or against; That part of flesh which consists principally of muscle without the fat; When you lean in a particular direction, you bend your body in that direction. Eileen leaned across and opened the passenger door They stopped to lean over a gate; the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right"; rely on for support; "We can lean on this man" cause to lean or incline; "He leaned his rifle against the wall" to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister" not profitable or prosperous; "a lean year" lacking in mineral content or combustible material; "lean ore"; "lean fuel" low in mineral content; "a lean ore" containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance; {f} rest against; slant, bend, incline; tend toward, favor; depend; place against; cause to slant or tilt; Used to describe wines made in an austere style Can be a criticism when it indicates a wine is lacking in fruit; If you describe an organization as lean, you mean that it has become more efficient and less wasteful by getting rid of staff, or by dropping projects which were unprofitable. The value of the pound will force British companies to be leaner and fitter; approval If you describe someone as lean, you mean that they are thin but look strong and healthy. Like most athletes, she was lean and muscular She watched the tall, lean figure step into the car; More body would be good, sort of thin in the mouth, often too much astringency, sometimes a compliment for certain styles; If you describe periods of time as lean, you mean that people have less of something such as money or are less successful than they used to be. the lean years of the 1930s With fewer tourists in town, the taxi trade is going through its leanest patch for 30 years. British filmmaker. His works include The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and Lawrence of Arabia (1962), both of which won Academy Awards; [1] A weak air/fuel mixture that has less fuel to air ratio The opposite is rich; have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence"; Unremunerative copy or work; A condition referring to engines where the engine is not getting enough fuel While running lean can help the fuel economy, you run the risk of running the engine too hot and blowing the engine! If your engine runs for a few minutes and shuts off suddenly, it's probably running too lean; A term used to describe the way an engine is running when it is not drawing enough fuel compared to the amount of air This will cause the engine to run hot and if run in this condition too long, will cause engine damage; Not enough fuel getting into the engine, this will ruin an engine very quickly and can be diagnosed with a very hot engine which often smells; Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; used literally and figuratively; as, the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages; poss A: his/her; To conceal; cause to lean to the side; "Erosion listed the old tree"; packaged seafood, game meat, cooked meat, or cooked poultry with less than 10 grams total fat, less than 4 grams saturated fat, and less than 95 milligrams cholesterol per serving; To cause to lean; to incline; to support or rest; Every good dog's response to the command "sit!" especially if your person is dressed for an evening out Incredibly effective before black-tie events; Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed to fat; as, lean copy, matter, or type; Every good ACD's response to the command "sit!" especially if your person is dressed for an evening out Incredibly effective before black-tie events; A defect in a book where the covers no longer line up squarely when the book is laid flat on its back cover Some say a book with this defect has a "cocked spine" It is caused usually by poor storage or rough handling during reading; Every good dogs's response to the command "sit !", especially if your person is dressed for an evening out Incredibly effective before black-tie events; To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating; as, she leaned out at the window; a leaning column; Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; not plump; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean cattle; Degree and direction to which the tree leans from a perpendicular position; leany
lean and mean: efficient because of having nothing in excess of what is needed, and single-minded in one's objective
He's a lean and mean fighting machine.
lean on: To apply pressure on
He didn't make a donation until some of his customers leaned on him.
lean on: To depend upon for support
lean towards: To favor in a decision
lean-to: A shelter with a sloped roof; also a building with a similar construction attached to the side of a building as an extension
“The only other alternative was to lodge her in the little modern lean-to, which I have already described as being tacked on to the side of the old building.”.
lean tissue: (Geometri) Muscle tissue without fat
lean and mean: (deyim) Fit and ready for hard, efficient work
lean in to something: Incline or press into something
lean manufacturing: Lean manufacturing is the production of goods using less of everything compared to mass production: less human effort, less manufacturing space, less investment in tools, and less engineering time to develop a new product. Lean manufacturing is a generic process management philosophy derived mostly from the Toyota Production System (TPS) but also from other sources. It is renowned for its focus on reduction of the original Toyota 'seven wastes' in order to improve overall customer value. Lean is often linked with Six Sigma because of that methodology's emphasis on reduction of process variation (or its converse smoothness) and Toyota's combined usage. Toyota's steady growth from a small player to the most valuable and the biggest car company in the world has focused attention upon how it has achieved this, making "Lean" a hot topic in management science in the first decade of the 21st century
lean manufacturing: (Ekonomi) Lean manufacturing is a manufacturing method which aims to reduce wastage, for example by keeping stocks low and by working more flexibly
The main purpose of the lean manufacturing is doing the best with less effort.
lean meat: meat that has less than 3 grams of fat for every ounce of meat. It is much healthy than other fatter types of meat
lean over backwards: (deyim) Make every effort, especially to be fair or helpful
lean production: Lean production is the production of goods using less of everything compared to mass production: less human effort, less manufacturing space, less investment in tools, and less engineering time to develop a new product. Lean manufacturing is a generic process management philosophy derived mostly from the Toyota Production System (TPS) but also from other sources. It is renowned for its focus on reduction of the original Toyota 'seven wastes' in order to improve overall customer value. Lean is often linked with Six Sigma because of that methodology's emphasis on reduction of process variation (or its converse smoothness) and Toyota's combined usage. Toyota's steady growth from a small player to the most valuable and the biggest car company in the world has focused attention upon how it has achieved this, making "Lean" a hot topic in management science in the first decade of the 21st century
lean against: rest part of one's weight on something, be supported physically by; use as a source of emotional support, rely on
lean against: rest on for support; "you can lean on me if you get tired"
lean back: move the upper body backwards and down
lean body mass: Lean body mass refers to any non-fatty part of your body including bone, muscle, organ tissue, blood, and miscellaneous substances such as water To calculate lean body mass, multiply body fat percentage by total weight and subtract the result from total weight
lean body mass: Lean body mass refers to the weight of the body minus the fat content, or, in other words, the body mass without the fat
lean body mass: composed of bone, muscle, organs and body fluids
lean body mass: Everything in the body except for fat, including bone, organs, skin, nails and all body tissue including muscle Approximately 50-60% of lean body mass is water
lean body mass: Body weight minus body fat; primarily muscle, bone and other non-fat tissue
lean crops: low yield of crops, small harvest
lean manufacturing: A overall methodology that seeks to minimize the resources required for production by eliminating waste (non-value added activities) that inflate costs, lead times and inventory requirements, and emphasizing the use of preventive maintenance , quality improvement programs, pull systems and flexible work forces and production facilities
lean manufacturing: Initiative focused on eliminating all waste in manufacturing processes Principles of lean include zero waiting time, zero inventory, scheduling (internal customer pull instead of push system), batch to flow (cut batch sizes), line balancing and cutting actual process times
lean manufacturing: (p 280) The production of goods using less of everything compared to mass production
lean manufacturing: Quality philosophy that minimizes consumption of resources that add no value to the finished product Focus is eliminating waste: unnecessary motion, overproduction and Work In Progress
lean manufacturing: The production of goods using less of everything compared to mass production
lean manufacturing: An approach to designing and managing production processes that emphasizes minimal inventory and just-in-time delivery, among other things, to improve the efficiency of a manufacturing process
lean manufacturing: or lean production - the philosophy of continually reducing waste in all areas and in all forms; an English phrase coined to summarize Japanese manufacturing techniques (specifically, the Toyota Production System)
lean manufacturing: Lean manufacturing is a manufacturing method which aims to reduce wastage, for example by keeping stocks low and by working more flexibly. efficiency-raising techniques such as lean manufacturing
lean mixture: thin mixture, diluted mixture, mixture containing a small amount of the substance added
lean on: rest on for support; "you can lean on me if you get tired"
lean on: If you lean on someone or lean upon them, you depend on them for support and encouragement. She leaned on him to help her to solve her problems
lean on: rest on, lean up against; depend on, trust, count on someone or something for support or assistance
lean on: rest on for support; "you can lean on me if you get tired
lean on a broken reed: depend on something unreliable, trust something that is unworthy
lean production: Lean production is the same as lean manufacturing. Japanese-style lean production techniques
lean towards: If you lean towards or lean toward a particular idea, belief, or type of behaviour, you have a tendency to think or act in a particular way. Most scientists would probably lean toward this viewpoint
lean years: years of need, years of lack, years in which needed supplies or goods were not available
lean-to: A structure dependent upon another structure for partial support and having only one slope or pitch
lean-to: A shed section of a building that is framed into the main frame
lean-to: three-sided structure designed to provide minimal shelter for backpackers
lean-to: A structure such as a shed, having only one slope and depending upon another structure for partial support
lean-to: A structure depending upon another structure for support and having only one slope such as a shed
lean-to: rough shelter whose roof has only one slope
lean-to: A lean-to is a building such as a shed or garage which is attached to one wall of a larger building, and which usually has a sloping roof. a small roughly-made building that is built against the side of a larger building
lean-to tent: tent that is attached to the side of a building
leaning: A tendency
leaning: Present participle of lean
leanness: {n} a want of flesh or bulk, thinness
Leanness: macilency
Sir David Lean: a British film director who made many well-known films, such as Brief Encounter (1945), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Dr Zhivago (1965), and A Passage to India (1984) (1908-91). born March 25, 1908, Croydon, Surrey, Eng. died April 16, 1991, London British film director. He worked at Gaumont Studios from 1928, becoming head film editor. He codirected In Which We Serve (1942) with Noë l Coward and was sole director of Coward's Blithe Spirit (1945) and Brief Encounter (1945). He directed film adaptations of Great Expectations (1946) and Oliver Twist (1948). Lean won wide acclaim for The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957, Academy Award) and later for Lawrence of Arabia (1962, Academy Award), Dr. Zhivago (1965), and A Passage to India (1984). His literate, epic productions featured spectacular cinematography and stunning locales
leaned: past participle of lean
leaned: past tense of lean
leaner: (horseshoes) the throw of a horseshoe so as to lean against (but not encircle) the stake
leaner: comparative of lean
leanest: superlative of lean
leaning: Present participle of to lean
leaning: the act of deviating from a vertical position an inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward frivolity"
leaning: Your particular leanings are the beliefs, ideas, or aims you hold or a tendency you have towards them. Many companies are wary of their socialist leanings I always had a leaning towards sport. = tendency. a tendency to prefer or agree with a particular set of beliefs, opinions etc = inclination
leaning: {s} inclining; tending
leaning: departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the headstones were tilted"
leaning: {i} tendency, inclination, bent, bias
leaning: resting against a support
leaning: the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right"
leaning: an inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward frivolity"
leaning: a natural inclination; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration"
leaning: the act of deviating from a vertical position an inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward frivolity" resting against a support
leaning: the act of deviating from a vertical position
leaning: The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a leaning towards Calvinism
leanly: thinly; meagerly
leanly: Meagerly; without fat or plumpness
leanness: the property of having little body fat
leanness: {i} thinness, slimness; meagerness, spareness
leanness: The condition or quality of being lean
leanness: The property of being lean, without excess or fat
leans: third-person singular of lean
leant: past participle of lean
leant: past tense of lean
leant: Leant is one of the forms of the past tense and past participle of lean. A past tense and a past participle of lean. a past tense and past participle of lean

Turkish - English

Definition of lean in Turkish English dictionary
tazı gibi lean and agile: (person)

lean

Turkish pronunciation

lin

Synonyms

angular, anorexic, barren, beanpole, bony, emaciated, gangling, gangly, gaunt, haggard, inadequate, infertile, lank, lanky, meager

Antonyms

fat, plump, straighten, dislike, not like, disregard, forget

Pronunciation

/ˈlēn/ /ˈliːn/

Etymology

[ lEn ] (verb.) before 12th century. From Middle English lenen (“to lean”), from Old English hleonian, hlinian (“to lean, recline, lie down, rest”), from Proto-Germanic *hlinōnan (“to lean, incline”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-. Cognate with Middle Dutch lenen (“to lean”), German lehnen (“to lean”).