Index of English words, starting with "le"

(1) - Leal (a.) Faithful; loyal; true.

(1) - Lean (n.) Unremunerative copy or work.
(2) - Lean (n.) That part of flesh which consist principally of muscle without the fat.
(3) - Lean (v. i.) Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; -- opposed to fat; as, lean copy, matter, or type.
(4) - Lean (v. i.) 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.
(5) - Lean (v. i.) Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; not plump; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean cattle.
(6) - Lean (v. i.) To cause to lean; to incline; to support or rest.
(7) - Lean (v. i.) To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; -- with on, upon, or against.
(8) - Lean (v. i.) To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; -- with to, toward, etc.
(9) - Lean (v. i.) To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating; as, she leaned out at the window; a leaning column.
(10) - Lean (v. t.) To conceal.

(1) - Lean-to (n.) A shed or slight building placed against the wall of a larger structure and having a single-pitched roof; -- called also penthouse, and to-fall.
(2) - Lean-to (a.) Having only one slope or pitch; -- said of a roof.

(1) - Leaning (n.) The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a leaning towards Calvinism.
(2) - Leaning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lean