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lean
lean
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lean
CONTENT RELATED TO
LEAN
What Does The Phrase “Lean In” Mean?
You can thank Sheryl Sandberg for popularizing the phrase "lean in." Turns out it has been used for years in different ways, but has exploded in use now.
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WORDS RELATED TO
LEAN
tipped
verb
knock over; cause to lean
bend
cant
capsize
careen
dump
empty
heel
incline
lean
list
overset
overturn
pour
recline
shift
slant
slope
spill
tilt
topple
topple over
turn over
unload
upend
upset
upturn
tipping
verb
knock over; cause to lean
bend
cant
capsize
careen
dump
empty
heel
incline
lean
list
overset
overturn
pour
recline
shift
slant
slope
spill
tilt
topple
topple over
turn over
unload
upend
upset
upturn
tips
verb
knock over; cause to lean
bend
cant
capsize
careen
dump
empty
heel
incline
lean
list
overset
overturn
pour
recline
shift
slant
slope
spill
tilt
topple
topple over
turn over
unload
upend
upset
upturn
twiggy
adjective
thin
all skin and bones
angular
attenuate
attenuated
beanpole
beanstalk
bony
cadaverous
delicate
emaciated
ethereal
featherweight
fleshless
fragile
gangling
gangly
gaunt
haggard
lank
lanky
lean
lightweight
meager
narrow
peaked
pinched
pole
puny
rangy
rarefied
rawboned
reedy
rickety
scraggy
scrawny
shadow
shriveled
skeletal
skinny
slender
slight
slim
slinky
small
spare
spindly
stalky
starved
stick
stilt
subtle
thin as a rail
threadlike
twiglike
undernourished
underweight
wan
wasted
weedy
wizened
verge
verb
come near
abut
adjoin
approach
be on the edge
border
bound
brink on
butt on
communicate
edge
end
fringe
gravitate toward
hem
incline
join
lean
line
march
margin
neighbor
outline
rim
skirt
surround
tend
touch
trench
trend
wasted
adjective
emaciated
anorexic
atrophied
attenuated
bony
famished
gaunt
haggard
lank
lean
scrawny
shrivelled
skeletal
skin-and-bones
skinny
starved
thin
underfed
undernourished
withered
weedy
adjective
thin
all skin and bones
angular
attenuate
attenuated
beanpole
beanstalk
bony
cadaverous
delicate
emaciated
ethereal
featherweight
fleshless
fragile
gangling
gangly
gaunt
haggard
lank
lanky
lean
lightweight
meager
narrow
peaked
pinched
pole
puny
rangy
rarefied
rawboned
reedy
rickety
scraggy
scrawny
shadow
shriveled
skeletal
skinny
slender
slight
slim
slinky
small
spare
spindly
stalky
starved
stick
stilt
subtle
thin as a rail
threadlike
twiggy
twiglike
undernourished
underweight
wan
wasted
wizened
wiry
adjective
thin and strong
agile
athletic
bristly
fibrous
lean
light
limber
muscular
ropy
sinewy
stiff
strapping
stringy
supple
tough
wizened
adjective
dried, shriveled up
diminished
gnarled
lean
macerated
mummified
old
reduced
shrunk
shrunken
wilted
withered
worn
wrinkled
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