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  • 11Lean on me — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Lean on Me est une chanson de Bill Withers enregistrée en 1972. Lean on Me est une chanson de Limp Bizkit enregistrée en 1995. Lean on Me est un film… …

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  • 12LEAN (D.) — David LEAN 1908 1991 Né le 25 mars 1908, à Crayton, en Angleterre, dans une modeste famille de quakers, David Lean entre dans la carrière cinématographique à dix huit ans, en 1926. Il travaille comme clapman, assistant réalisateur, assistant… …

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  • 13Lean — Lean, v. t. [From {Lean}, v. i.; AS. hl[=ae]nan, v. t., fr. hleonian, hlinian, v. i.] To cause to lean; to incline; to support or rest. Mrs. Browning. [1913 Webster] His fainting limbs against an oak he leant. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 14Lean-to — n. 1. (Arch.) 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}. [1913 Webster] The outer circuit was covered as a lean to, all round this inner apart …

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  • 15lean on — informal put pressure on (someone) to act in a certain way. → lean lean on rely on or derive support from. → lean …

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  • 16lean — [adj] bare, thin angular, anorexic, barren, beanpole*, bony, emaciated, gangling, gangly, gaunt, haggard, inadequate, infertile, lank, lanky, meager, no fat, pitiful, poor, rangy, rawboned, scanty, scraggy, scrawny, shadow*, sinewy, skinny,… …

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  • 17Lean — (l[=e]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Leaned} (l[=e]nd), sometimes {Leant} (l[e^]nt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Leaning}.] [OE. lenen, AS. hlinian, hleonian, v. i.; akin to OS. hlin[=o]n, D. leunen, OHG. hlin[=e]n, lin[=e]n, G. lehnen, L. inclinare, Gr. kli nein …

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  • 18Lean — Lean, n. 1. That part of flesh which consists principally of muscle without the fat. [1913 Webster] The fat was so white and the lean was so ruddy. Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] 2. (Typog.) Unremunerative copy or work. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 19Lean on Me — might refer to:*Lean on Me (song) * Lean on Me (film) , a 1989 movie directed by John G. Avildsen …

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  • 20lean-to — building whose rafters pitch against another building or wall, mid 15c., from LEAN (Cf. lean) (v.) + TO (Cf. to) …

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