lean
/lin/ adj [-er/-est only] (THIN)Definition
› (of a person) thin and in good physical condition: Her body is lean, taut, athletic. › When you describe meat as lean, you mean that it does not have much fat in it: lean hamburger meat › A lean period is a time during which there is not enough of something, esp. money or food: It is a particularly lean year for science funding. › When you say that a company or business is lean, you mean that it has the fewest employees it needs to do its work.
(Definition of lean adj (THIN) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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