lean vs overweight

lean

verb
  • To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc. 

  • To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating. 

  • To hang outwards. 

  • To conceal. 

  • Followed by against, on, or upon: to rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc. 

  • To press against. 

  • To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen. 

adj
  • Having little fat. 

  • Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre. 

  • Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient. 

  • Slim; not fleshy. 

  • Efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing". 

noun
  • An inclination away from the vertical. 

  • An organism that is lean in stature. 

  • Meat with no fat on it. 

  • A recreational drug based on codeine-laced promethazine cough syrup, especially popular in the hip hop community in the southeastern United States. 

overweight

verb
  • To place excessive weight or emphasis on; to overestimate the importance of. 

  • To weigh down: to put too heavy a burden on. 

noun
  • An overweight person. 

  • The condition of being overweight. 

  • An excess of weight. 

  • A security or class of securities in which one has a heavy concentration. 

adj
  • Having a higher weight, especially body fat, than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height. 

  • Weighing more than what is allowed for safety or legal commerce. 

  • Having a portfolio relatively heavily invested in. 

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