lean vs turtle

lean

verb
  • 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. 

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

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. 

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". 

turtle

verb
  • To flip over onto the back or top; to turn upside down. 

  • To turn and swim upside down. 

  • To hunt turtles, especially in the water. 

  • To build up a large defense force and strike only occasionally, rather than going for an offensive strategy. 

  • To move along slowly. 

noun
  • A small element towards the end of a list of items to be bubble sorted, and thus tending to take a long time to be swapped into its correct position. Compare rabbit. 

  • A type of robot having a domed case (and so resembling the reptile), used in education, especially for making line drawings by means of a computer program. 

  • An Ancient Roman attack method, where the shields held by the soldiers hide them, not only left, right, front and back, but also from above. 

  • A low stand for a lamp etc. 

  • A breakdancing move consisting of a float during which the dancer's weight shifts from one hand to the other, producing rotation or a circular "walk". 

  • An on-screen cursor that serves the same function as a turtle for drawing. 

  • A marine reptile of that order. 

  • The curved plate in which the form is held in a type-revolving cylinder press. 

  • Any land or marine reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body. See also tortoise. 

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