lean

Pronunciation

• enPR: lēn
• IPA: /liːn/
• SAMPA: /li:n/

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Verb

Plain form (yanzu) lean

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) leans

Past tense (ya wuce) leaned

Past participle (ya wuce) leaned

Present participle (ana cikin yi) leaning

Plain form (yanzu) lean

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) leans

Past tense (ya wuce) leaned

Past participle (ya wuce) leaned

Present participle (ana cikin yi) leant

1. If you lean against something, then you push or press against it. <> jingina, dogara kan wani abu.
   1. He leaned his bicycle against the wall. <> Ya jingina kekensa kan bango.
2. to lean on someone as to depend on someone. <> dogara kan wani.

Adjective

Positive lean

Comparative leaner

Superlative leanest

1. If a person is lean, then he or she is slim and not fat. <> siriri.
2. If a piece of meat is lean, it has little or no fat. <> nama mara kitse.

   in which those who eat only very lean meat, <> inda mutanen da ke cin 'yan kananan dabbobi kawai, [1]