Related Words for lean

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tilt
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Noun, Verb
incline
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Verb, Noun, Verb
slant
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Verb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
inclination
xx/x
Verb, Noun
trim
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Noun, Verb, Adjective, Noun, Adverb
tip
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Adverb, Noun, Verb
run
/
Verb, Verb, Noun, Adjective
pinched
/
Adjective, Adjective
shrunken
/x
Adjective, Adjective
withered
/x
Adjective, Adjective
wizened
/x
Adjective, Adjective
haggard
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adjective
shriveled
/x
Adjective, Adjective
slim
/
Adjective, Adjective, Noun, Verb
underweight
/xx
Verb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
slender
/x
Verb, Adjective
thin
/
Adjective, Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
wiry
/x
Adverb, Adjective
skinny
/x
Adjective, Adjective, Noun, Verb
tend
/
Verb, Verb
lank
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
skimpy
/x
Verb, Adjective, Noun
gangly
/x
Noun, Adjective
gaunt
/
Adjective, Noun, Adjective
spare
/
Adjective, Adjective, Verb, Noun
lanky
/x
Noun, Adjective, Noun
scrawny
/x
Noun, Adjective
emaciated
x/xxx
Adjective, Adjective
reedy
/x
Adjective, Name, Adjective
slight
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Adjective, Adjective, Verb, Noun
spindly
/x
Noun, Adjective
wispy
/x
Adjective, Adjective
list
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
stringy
/x
Verb, Adjective
insufficient
xx/x
Adjective, Adjective
deficient
x/x
Adjective, Adjective, Noun
angle
/x
Noun, Noun, Verb
unprofitable
x/xxx
Verb, Adjective
wasted
/x
Adjective, Adjective
weedy
/x
Adjective, Adjective
anorexic
xx/x
Adjective, Adjective, Noun
bony
/x
Noun, Adjective, Noun
skeletal
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Noun
agile
/x
Adjective
sinewy
/xx
Adjective
beefy
/x
Adjective
muscled
/x
Adjective
muscular
/xx
Adjective
tight
/
Adjective
leant
/x
Verb
nimble
/x
Adjective
pudgy
/x
Noun
stocky
/x
Adjective
upright
x/
Adjective
looking
/x
Verb
limp
/
Adjective
embrace
x/
Noun
rangy
/x
Adjective
shapely
/x
Adjective
lithe
/
Adjective
plump
/
Adjective
gravitate
/xx
Verb
soft
/
Adjective
sleek
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Adjective
slow
/
Adjective
steer
/
Verb
brawny
/x
Noun
stand
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Noun
bend
/
Noun
chubby
/x
Noun
sway
/
Noun
flabby
/x
Adjective
tall
/
Adjective, Noun
toned
/
Adjective
hunched
/
Verb
corpulent
/xx
Adjective
loose
/
Adjective
tiptoe
/x
Noun
shake
/
Noun
flex
/
Noun
forward
/x
Adverb, Noun
strong
/
Adjective
straight
/
Adjective
uncomfortably
x/xx
Adverb
rigid
/x
Adjective
slouch
/
Noun, Verb
curvy
/x
Adjective
balanced
/x
Adjective
approach
x/
Noun
rotund
x/
Adjective
backward
/x
Adjective
healthy
/x
Adjective
heavy
/x
Adjective
thick
/
Adjective
robust
x/
Adjective
voluptuous
x/xx
Adjective
hard
/
Adjective
squat
/
Adjective
striving
/x
Noun
smooth
/
Adjective
heave
/
Noun
striding
/x
Verb
focused
/x
Verb
swing
/
Noun
crutch
/
Noun
graceful
/x
Adjective
verge
/
Noun
slope
/
Noun
oblique
x/
Adjective
lead
/
Noun
recline
x/
Verb
lever
/x
Noun
rake
/
Noun
swerve
/
Noun
side
/
Noun
decline
x/
Noun
lift
/
Noun
dispose
x/
Verb
lope
/
Noun
lie down
//
Phrase, Verb
skew
/
Noun
lighten
/x
Verb
trend
/
Noun
hang
/
Verb
stoop
/
Noun
fall over
//x
Phrase, Verb
kneel
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Verb
lateral
/xx
Noun
bank
/
Noun
meagre
/x
Adjective
rise
/
Noun
leer
/
Noun
rest
/
Noun
hinge
/
Noun
lout
/
Noun
traverse
/x
Noun
slack
/
Noun
ingle
/x
Noun
lain
/
Verb
slacken
/x
Verb
squint
/
Noun
lie upon
/x/
Phrase, Verb
end up
//
Phrase, Verb
indent
x/
Noun
lounge
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Noun
lance
/
Noun
slump
/
Noun
descend
x/
Verb
clive
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Name
dive
/
Noun
lay low
//
Phrase, Verb
vert
/
Noun
deviate
/xx
Verb
lie low
//
Phrase, Verb
look down
//
Phrase, Verb
meager
/x
Adjective
couch
/
Noun
veer
/
Noun
quail
/
Verb
kine
/
Noun
sigma
/x
Noun
veal
/
Noun
over
/x
Noun
meats
/
Noun
exhale
x/
Verb
pork
/
Noun
beef
/
Noun
piaget
xx/
Name
shanks
/
Noun
loin
/
Noun
ham
/
Noun
glycol
/x
Noun
hips
/
Noun
repulsed
x/
Verb
hamburger
/xx
Noun
able
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
bacon
/x
Noun
bad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
believe
x/
Verb
betimes
x/
Adverb
bobby
/x
Name
boned
/
Adjective
bullock
/x
Noun, Verb
bun
/
Noun, Verb
camel
/x
Noun, Adjective
cheek
/
Noun, Verb
cherries
/x
Noun
clear
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
cocoa
/x
Noun, Adjective
compact
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
concise
x/
Adjective, Verb
cook
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Noun, Verb
count
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
crisp
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cucumbers
/xx
Noun
damn
/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun
dangerously
/xxx
Adverb
disappointing
xx/x
Adjective
discover
x/x
Verb, Noun
dot
/
Noun, Verb
downward
/x
Adjective, Adverb
easter
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
efficient
x/x
Adjective, Noun
fall
/
Verb, Noun
fat
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
fed
/
Name
feeble
/x
Adjective, Verb
few
/
Noun
fold
/
Noun, Verb
fudge
/
Noun, Verb
inadequate
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
insubstantial
xx/x
Adjective
learning
/x
Noun
lien
/
Noun, Verb
light
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
limited
/xx
Adjective, Noun
lin
/
Name, Verb
lite
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
little
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
low
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
machine
x/
Noun, Verb
maimed
/
Adjective, Noun
mean
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
measly
/x
Adjective
mere
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
mild
/
Adjective, Noun
minimal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
mixture
/x
Noun
modest
/x
Adjective
neat
/
Adjective, Noun
ounces
/x
Noun
paltry
/x
Adjective
pitch
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
poor
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
pressure
/x
Noun, Verb
proud
/
Adjective, Noun
push
/
Verb, Noun
rational
/xx
Adjective, Noun
rationalisation
/xx/x
Noun
rationalization
xxxx/x
Noun
read
/
Verb, Noun
reduced
x/
Adjective
rely
x/
Verb
rich
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
scant
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
scanty
/x
Adjective
scarce
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
simple
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
simplified
/xx
Adjective, Noun
skilful
/x
Adjective
skimmed
/
Adjective
small
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
sound
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
sparse
/
Adjective, Verb
streamline
/x
Verb, Noun
stylish
/x
Adjective
stylized
/x
Adjective
support
x/
Noun, Verb
take kindly to
//x/
Phrase, Verb
tanned
/
Adjective
tiny
/x
Adjective, Noun
tired
/x
Adjective
trimmings
/x
Noun
weak
/
Adjective
weather
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
weld
/
Noun, Verb
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
die
/
Verb, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
gloss
/
Noun, Verb