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Lean
- adjective - cause to lean or incline; "He leaned his rifle against the wall"
- cause to lean to the side; "Erosion listed the old tree"
- containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"
- have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence"
- lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
- lacking in mineral content or combustible material; "lean ore"; "lean fuel"
- not profitable or prosperous; "a lean year"
- rely on for support; "We can lean on this man"
- the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right"
- to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the baniste
Leap
- noun - a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
- a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance"
- an abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the major leagues"
- cause to jump or leap; "the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop"
- jump down from an elevated point; "the parachutist didn't want to jump"; "every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge"; "the widow leapt into the funeral pyre"
- move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"
- pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"; "jump from one thing to another"
- the distance leaped (or to be leaped); "a leap of 10 feet"
Lear
- noun - British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888)
- the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters
Leas
- noun - a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
- a unit of length of thread or yarn
- Shelter
Leat
- - An artificial water trench, esp. one to or from a mill.
Liao
- noun - the dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125
Liar
- noun - a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
- deceiver
Lias
- - The lowest of the three divisions of the Jurassic period; a name given in England and Europe to a series of marine limestones underlying the OGeology.
Load
- noun - a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
- a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time; "the system broke down under excessive loads"
- an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate; "he got a load on and started a brawl"
- an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind"
- corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"
- electrical device to which electrical power is delivered
- fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay"
- goods carried by a large vehicle
- provide (a device) with something necessary; "He loaded his gun carefully"; "load the camera"
- put (something) on a structure or conveyance; "load the bags onto the trucks"
- the front part of a guided missi