lean

To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.

a leaning column

She leaned out of the window.

To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc.

I’m leaning towards voting Conservative in the next election.

The Hispanic vote leans Democratic.

To rest or rely, for support, comfort, to use as a hard surface for writing, etc.

He lean'd not on his fathers but himself.

The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.

To hang outwards.

To press against.

Oppreſs'd with Anguiſh, panting, and o'reſpent, / His fainting Limbs against an Oak he leant.

An inclination away from the vertical.

The trees had various leans toward gaps in the canopy.

Slim; not fleshy.

They will now dedicate several hours at the gym every day to be leaner and stronger.

Having little fat.

lean steak cuts

The butcher and the porkman painted up only the leanest scrags of meat; the baker, the coarsest of meagre loaves.

Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.

a lean budget

a lean harvest

Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.

A lean ore hardly worth mining.

Running on too lean a fuel-air mixture will cause, among other problems, your internal combustion engine to heat up too much.

Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed to fat.

lean copy, matter, or type