Noun: leaner lee-nu(r)
- (horseshoes) the throw of a horseshoe so as to lean against (but not encircle) the stake
"His leaner scored one point in the horseshoe match"
- Lacking excess flesh
"Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look";
- thin, meager [N. Amer], meagre [Brit, Cdn]
- Lacking in mineral content or combustible material
"lean ore"; "lean fuel"
- Containing little excess
"a lean budget";
- skimpy
- Not profitable or prosperous
"a lean year"
Derived forms: leaners
See also: anorectic, anorexic, body weight, bony, cadaverous, deep-eyed, deficient, ectomorphic, emaciated, gangling, gangly, gaunt, haggard, hollow-eyed, insufficient, lank, lanky, pinched, rawboned, reedlike, reedy, scarecrowish, scraggly, scraggy, scrawny, shriveled [US], shrivelled [Brit, Cdn], shrunken, skeletal, skinny, slender, slender-waisted, slight, slim, slim thick, slim-waisted, spare, spindle-legged, spindle-shanked, spindly, stringy, sunken-eyed, svelte, sylphic, sylphlike, thin, trim, twiggy, twiglike, underweight, unprofitable, wasp-waisted, wasted, weedy, wiry, wisplike, wispy, withered, wizen [archaic], wizened
Type of: throw
Encyclopedia: Lean, Jonathan