lean

  1. Verb.  To hang outwards.
  2. Verb.  To press against.
  3. Adjective.  (context, of a person) slim; not fleshy.
  4. Adjective.  (context, of meat) having little fat.
  5. Adjective.  Having little extra or little to spare.
  6. Adjective.  Of a fuel-air mixture, having more air than is necessary to burn all of the fuel; more air- or oxygen- rich than necessary for a stoichiometric reaction.

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