lean

to incline, deviate, or bend from a vertical position

The first known use: before the 12th century

Word Structure

4 Letters, 1 Syllable

lean


3 Phonemes

l E n


onset, rime

l ean


Morpheme

lean


Sentence Examples

She has a lean, athletic body.

Related Words

Sound the same but are spelled differently.

angular

gangly

gaunt

lanky

rangy

sinewy

Collocations

The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.

lean

lean

lean on

lean to

lean-to

David Lean

lean toward

lean towards

lean-tos

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Rhymes

bean

clean

green

mean

queen

seen

Onset Friends

like

little

look

long

let

last

left

live

light

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