lean - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ French Dictionary

Verbs

to lean against sth.  | leaned/leant, leaned/leantleaned/leant |	s'adosser contre qc.
to lean on (or: against) sth.  | leaned/leant, leaned/leantleaned/leant |	s'adosser à qc.
to lean against sth.  | leaned/leant, leaned/leantleaned/leant |	s'appuyer contre qc.
to lean sth. against sth.  | leaned/leant, leaned/leantleaned/leant |	appuyer qc. contre qc.
to lean on (or: against) sth.  | leaned/leant, leaned/leantleaned/leant |	s'inspirer de qc. [fig.]
to lean out  | leaned/leant, leaned/leantleaned/leant |	se pencher au-dehors
to lean sth. on sth.  | leaned/leant, leaned/leantleaned/leant |	appuyer qc. sur qc.

Adjectives / Adverbs

lean  adj. [COOK.]   - meat	maigre  m./f.   - viande
lean  adj.   - person	mince  m./f.   - personne

Nouns

lean time [fig.]

la période de vaches maigres [fig.]

Phrases / Collocations

to lean closer	se pencher plus près
to lean on one side	pencher d'un côté
to lean closer to so.	se pencher vers qn.

Orthographically similar words

bean, clan, clean, dean, earn, flea, glean, glen, land, lane, lawn, lead, leaf, leak, leap, learn, lend, lens, lent, lien, loan, mean, plan, plea, wean

clan, élan, jean, lent, lien, péan, plan

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