lean
English
/liːn/
verb
Definitions
- To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
- (copulative) To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc.
- Followed by against, on, or upon: to rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc.
- To hang outwards.
- To press against.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English lenen (lean) inherited from Old English hleonian inherited from Proto-Germanic *hlināną (lean, incline) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (lean, shelter, cover, slope, incline, leanVerb).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱley-
Gloss
lean, shelter, cover, slope, incline, leanVerb
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -cline English
- acclivity English
- anticline English
- leaner English
- leanest English
- leaneth English
- leaning English
- leaningly English
- leanly English
- leanness English
- leansome English
- leany English
- outlean English
- overlean English
- superlean English
- ultralean English
- uplean English
- clitellae Latin
- clivius Latin
- clīvus Latin
- declinare Latin
- dēclīnātiōnem, dēclīnātiō Latin
- inclīnō Latin
- prōclīvitās Latin
- reclino, reclīnāre Latin
- Armlehne German
- Lehnstuhl German
- Lehnübersetzung German
- ablehnen German
- anlehnen German
- auflehnen German
- entlehnen German
- hinauslehnen German
- lehnen German
- κλίμα Ancient Greek
- κλίνειν Ancient Greek
- κλίνω Ancient Greek
- κλισμός Ancient Greek
- ἑτερόκλιτος Ancient Greek
- *ḱley- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱleytro Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱleywo- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱleywós Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱlitóm Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱloy-wo-m Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱléyeti Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱléyteh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱléytreh₂, *ḱléy-treh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- lene Norwegian Bokmål
- *hlainiz Proto-Germanic
- *hlidą Proto-Germanic
- *hlināną Proto-Germanic
- *hliþą Proto-Germanic
- lider Swedish
- lene Norwegian Nynorsk
- hleonian Old English
- श्रयति Sanskrit
- lenen Middle English
- lenenesse Middle English
- lening Middle English
- *hlina Old Norse
- læne Danish
- lænestol Danish
- *slojь Proto-Slavic
- lênen Middle Dutch
- qye Albanian
- 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌴 Gothic
- 𐌷𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌰 Gothic
- *hlinēn gmw-pro
- *klētā Proto-Celtic
- lēnen Middle Low German
- *kl(e)inō Proto-Italic
- *śráyati Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *klaina Proto-Albanian