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Leanest

Lean \Lean\ (l[=e]n), a. [Compar. Leaner (l[=e]n"[~e]r); superl. Leanest.] [OE. lene, AS. hl[=ae]ne; prob. akin to E. lean to incline. See Lean, v. i. ]

  1. Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; slim; not plump; slender; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean cattle.

  2. Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used literally and figuratively; as, the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages. ``No lean wardrobe.''
    --Shak.

    Their lean and flashy songs.
    --Milton.

    What the land is, whether it be fat or lean.
    --Num. xiii. 20.

    Out of my lean and low ability I'll lend you something.
    --Shak.

  3. (Typog.) Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; -- opposed to fat; as, lean copy, matter, or type.

    Syn: slender; spare; thin; meager; lank; skinny; gaunt.

Wiktionary
leanest
  1. (en-superlative of: lean) v

  2. (en-archaic second-person singular of lean English)