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leanness Definition


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lean2
adj
    1. Said of a person or animal: thin.
      Thesaurus: slender, slim, thin, angular, wiry, emaciated, gaunt, scrawny, skinny, bony.
    2. Said of meat: containing little or no fat.
    3. Producing very little food, money, etc; unfruitful.
      Example: lean years
noun
    1. Meat with little or no fat.
Derivative: leanness
noun
    Etymology: Anglo-Saxon hlæne.



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