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'pa pdd chac-sb tc-bd bw hbr-20 hbss lpt-25' : 'hdn'" {{word}} {{#beta}} Beta{{/beta}} {{#preferredDictionaries}} {{^selected}} {{name}} {{/selected}} {{/preferredDictionaries}} Translation of lean – English–Italian dictionary lean verb uk Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio /liːn/ us Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio /lin/ past tense and past participle UK/US leaned | UK leant Add to word list Add to word list to move the top part of your body in a particular direction pendere, inclinarsi, piegarsi, appoggiarsi, sporgersi She leaned forward so she could hear better. Si è chinata in avanti per sentire meglio. Don’t lean out of the window. Non ti sporgere dalla finestra. Phrasal verbs lean against/on something lean something against/on something lean adjective uk Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio /liːn/ us Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio /lin/ thin and healthy asciutto lean and fit snello e in forma Lean meat has very little fat on it. magro (Translation of lean from the Cambridge English-Italian Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translation of lean | PASSWORD English-Italian Dictionary lean verb /liːn/ past tense, past participles leant /lent/ | leaned to slope over to one side; not to be upright pendere The lamp-post was leaning to one side. to rest (against, on) appoggiare, appoggiarsi She leaned the ladder against the wall Don’t lean your elbows on the table He leant on the gate. See also leaning (Translation of lean from the PASSWORD English-Italian Dictionary © 2014 K Dictionaries Ltd) lean adjective /liːn/ thin; not fat magro a tall, lean man. not containing much fat magro lean meat. poor; not producing much magro, povero a lean harvest. See also leanness (Translation of lean from the PASSWORD English-Italian Dictionary © 2014 K Dictionaries Ltd) Examples of lean lean One miniature fresco fragment shows a woman, perhaps a priestess, leaning rail; behind her is a net hanging across a window. From the Cambridge English Corpus Research on what is presently called multimodality heavily leans on much of the research on socalled non-verbal communication. From the Cambridge English Corpus Conceptually, the issue could go either way, but as a matter of fact, it leans towards materialism. From the Cambridge English Corpus The father has just risen and is standing, leaning over the phone and answering machine in another part of the room. From the Cambridge English Corpus The points mentioned in the outline enable an avoidance of the anthropocentrism without leaning towards objectivism. From the Cambridge English Corpus She gazed up at him seriously, then leaned her puckered forehead on her hand and began to read. From the Cambridge English Corpus The book would be better if it were considerably leaner. From the Cambridge English Corpus Armies have consumed scarce national resources and installed dictators or leaned heavily on elected governments. From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. B2 Translations of lean in Chinese (Traditional) （使）傾斜，（使）向一側歪斜, 沒有脂肪, （肉）瘦的… See more in Chinese (Simplified) （使）倾斜，（使）向一侧歪斜, 没有脂肪, （肉）瘦的… See more in Spanish inclinar, inclinarse, magro… See more in Portuguese inclinar-se, apoiar-se, magro… See more in more languages in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean झुकणे, एका दिशेला शरीराचा अर्धा भाग वाकवणे… See more ～が傾く, ～を傾ける, 体の締まった… See more zayıf ama diri ve sağlıklı, yağsız, az yağlı… See more pencher, s’appuyer, appuyer… See more inclinar(-se), prim, magre… See more overhellen, leunen, mager… See more ஒரு திசையில் சாய்வதற்கு (காரணமாகிறது), அல்லது உடலின் மேல் பகுதியை ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட திசையில் நகர்த்த… See more झुक जाना, किसी एक दिशा में रुझान होना, या शरीर के शीर्ष भाग को एक दिशा में झुकाना या हिलाना… See more વાળવું, અંઢેલવું… See more hælde, læne, slank… See more luta, luta [sig], mager… See more senget, menyandarkan, kurus… See more sich neigen, lehnen, mager… See more lene seg, helle, lene… See more مڑنا, جھکنا, جھکانا… See more нахилятися, притуляти(ся), спирати(ся)… See more ఒరుగు/వాలు/ఒక దిశలో వాలు (వాలడానికి కారణమవు)లేదా శరీరం పైభాగాన్ని ఒక ప్రత్యేక దిశలో కదిలించు… See more ঝুঁকে পড়া… See more naklánět se, opřít (se), hubený… See more condong, menyandarkan, kurus… See more เอียง, พิง, ผอม… See more cúi, tựa, gầy… See more szczupły, chudy, chylić/pochylać się… See more 기울이다, 군살이 없는, 기름기가 없는… See more Need a translator? 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