leaner

[lee-ner]

noun

1. a person or thing that leans. lean.

2. Horseshoes.,  a thrown horseshoe that leans lean against the stake.

Word History and Origins

Origin of leaner¹

First recorded in 1530–40; lean ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

“What do you do in a leaner period where returns are harder to come by?”

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Photos from the summer show a much meaner and leaner Doncic than the one that ended last season.

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The job-shedding will further shrink the industry’s rank and file after a yearslong diet of layoffs, attrition and corporate restructuring that has made Big Oil much leaner.

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Even for executives who want to look like they are sharing employees’ sacrifice during leaner times, the jet is one thing they won’t compromise.

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"There's nothing to negotiate. There's nothing we can pull out of this bill to make it any leaner or cleaner than it is," Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson said.

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