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leanness

US pronunciation

American soundleanness

leanness

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: Use the US audio for stress
Vowel: Spelling-based estimate
Ending: Clear final sound

lean - ness -> leanness

Myanmar meaning

Full entry

lean¹/li:n /v ( pt, pp leant / lent /or leaned /li:nd/)

၁။ ယိုင်သည်။ ကိုင်းညွတ်သည်။ မှီသည်။
the leaning tower of Pisa ❍ lean out of the window. ပြတင်းပေါက်မှ ကဲကြည့်သည်။ ❍ He leaned back in his chair.
၂။ ~ against / on / upon sth မှီသည်။ ထောက်သည်။ a ladder leaning against the wall ❍ lean on sb’s arm/ one’s elbows ❍ The old man leant upon his stick.
၃။ ~ sth against / on sth ထောင်သည်။ မှီသည်။ The workmen leant their shovels against the fence and went to lunch.
❏ leaning n ယိမ်းယိုင်ခြင်း။ have a leaning towards socialism / have socialist leanings.
❏ lean on sb [PHRV ] (infml esp US ) ခြိမ်းခြောက်သည်။ အကြမ်းကိုင်သည်။ If he doesn’t pay soon we’ll have to lean on him a little.
❏ lean on / upon sb/sth (for sth) [PHRV ] အားကိုးသည်။ lean upon others for guidance ❍ I need a comforting shoulder to lean on.
❏ lean-to / 'li:n tu: / ( pl -tos / -tu:z / ) n အဖီ။ They keep hens in a lean-to at the end of the garden. ❍ a lean-to garage.
❏ lean to / towards sth [PHRV ] ယိမ်းယိုင်သည်။ Her political views lean to wards the left.

lean² / li:n / adj (-er, -est )

၁။ ကျစ်လျစ်သော။
a lean athletic body. ❍ THIN
၂။ အဆီနည်းသော။ lean beef.
၃။ (က) ညံ့သော။ အထွက်နည်းသော။ a lean diet / harvest.
(ခ) ချို့ငဲ့ သော။ lean years ❍ Last season’s leading goal-scorer, he’s having a lean time (of it) this year.
n [U] အသား။ a lot of fat and not much lean. leanness / 'li:nnǝs / n [U]

More examples

[lean forward/back/towards/across etc] : The other girl leaned forward to hear what was going on.
I leaned over her shoulder to study the maps spread out on the table.
Bigelow leaned across the desk and lowered his voice.
Two of the walls lean slightly inwards.
[lean against] : Corey leaned against the apple tree.
[lean on] : He walked in, leaning heavily on a cane.
[lean something against something] : John leaned his rake against the side of the barn.
[lean towards/to/in favour of] : She is leaning towards supporting military action.
The board of directors is leaning in favour of supporting the merger.
[lean in the direction of something] : The decision to increase the budget hasn’t been made, but the committee is leaning in that direction.

Synonyms

bend, bend over, bend forward, incline, tilt, tip, slant, bow, abruptness, angle toward, angular, anorexic, bank on, bare, barren, be disposed, be off, be prone, be slanted, be willing, beanpole, bear on, beetle, believe in, bet bottom dollar, bet on, bony, camber, cant, careen, cock, confide, count, curvation, curve, decline, deflect, deflection, depend on, dip, divert, drift, droop, emaciated, fasten on, favor, flection, flexure, gamble on, gangling, gangly, gaunt, grade, gradient, gravitate toward, haggard, hang on, have faith, have propensity, heel, hinge on, inadequate, inclination, inclined plane, infertile, jut, lank, lanky, lay money on, like better, list, look, meager, no fat, nod, not mind, obliqueness, obliquity, overhang, pitch, pitiful, place, poor, prefer, prop, push, put, put faith in, put weight on, rangy, rawboned, recline, rely, repose, rest, rest on, rising ground, roll, sag, scanty, scraggy, scrawny, shadow, sheer, sinewy, sink, skinny, slender, slim, slope, spare, sparse, steepness, stick, stilt, stringy, support, svelte, sylphlike, tend, thin, trim, trust, turn, twiggy, twist, unfruitful, unproductive, veer, wasted, wiry, wizened, worn

Antonyms

ascend, be active, chubby, dislike, disregard, distrust, energize, fat, fertile, forget, fresh, heavy, increase, keep, not like, plump, rise, stout, straighten, strong, thick

Cross references

bend bend over bend forward incline tilt tip slant bow abruptness angle toward angular anorexic bank on bare barren be disposed be off be prone be slanted be willing beanpole bear on beetle believe in bet bottom dollar bet on bony camber

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