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Leaner
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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adjective
1.
(of persons or animals) without much flesh or fat; not plump or fat; thin: lean cattle.
2.
(of edible meat) containing little or no fat.
3.
lacking in richness, fullness, quantity, etc.; poor: a lean diet; lean years.
4.
spare; economical: a lean prose style.
5.
EXPANDOrigin:
before 1000; Middle English lene, Old English hlǣne
before 1000; Middle English lene, Old English hlǣne
Related forms
lean·ly, adverb
lean·ness, noun
Antonyms
1, 2. fat. 3. fruitful.
1, 2. fat. 3. fruitful.
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Word Origin & History
lean
"thin, spare, with little flesh or fat," O.E. hlæne, possibly from hlænan "cause to lean or bend," from P.Gmc. *khlainijan, which would make it related to O.E. hleonian (see lean (v.)). But perhaps rather from a PIE *qloinio- (cf. Lith. klynas "scrap, fragment," Lettish kleins "feeble").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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