lean - What does it mean?

Verb

To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.

To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; with to'', ''toward , etc.

* (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)

They delight rather to lean to their old customs.

To rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc.; with on'', ''upon'', or ''against .

* (1809-1892)

He leaned not on his fathers but himself.

* |chapter=23

|title= The Mirror and the Lamp |passage=The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.}}

To hang outwards.

To press against.

* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)

His fainting limbs against an oak he leant .

Verb

(en-verb)

To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen.

* {{quote-magazine

|year=1938 |month=July |author=Blaine and Dupont Miller |title=Weather Hop |page=25 |magazine=Boy's Life |publisher=Boy Scouts of America |issn=0006-8608 citation |passage=He leaned the mixture in an effort to cause a backfire through the carburetor, the generally accepted method of breaking the ice loose. }}

* {{quote-magazine

|year=2002 |month=July |author=Tom Benenson |title=Can Your Engine Run Too Lean? |volume=129 |issue=7 |page=73 |magazine=Flying |issn=0015-4806 citation |passage=Even the Pilot's Operating Handbooks (POH) for our training airplanes add to our paranoia with their insistence that we not lean the mixture until we're above 5000 feet density altitude. }}

Verb

(en-verb)

To conceal.

(Ray)