lean

  • 41lean|er — «LEE nuhr», noun. 1. a person or thing that leans. 2. a pitched horseshoe or quoit that comes to rest with one side leaning against the stake or peg; hobber …

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  • 42Lean — L école de gestion de la production dite lean (littéralement : « maigre », « sans gras », « dégraissée », parfois traduite par « gestion sans gaspillage »[1] ou par « gestion allégée » [2])… …

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  • 43lean — v. 1) (d; intr.) to lean across, over (to lean across a table) 2) (d; intr.) to lean against, on (to lean against a wall; to lean on a desk) 3) (d; intr.) to lean on ( to rely on ) (they had to lean on their friends for help) 4) (colloq.) (d;… …

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  • 44Lean IT — Le lean IT est l extension des principes du Lean au monde des systèmes d information (développement, management de projets informatiques, infrastructures, …). L’idée directrice, ici appliquée au monde des systèmes d information, est l élimination …

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  • 45lean — lean1 [ lin ] (past tense and past participle leaned [ lind ] ) verb *** 1. ) intransitive lean forward/back/toward/across etc. to move your body so it is closer to or farther from someone or something, for example by bending at the waist: The… …

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  • 46lean — I UK [liːn] / US [lɪn] verb Word forms lean : present tense I/you/we/they lean he/she/it leans present participle leaning past tense leaned UK [liːnd] / US [lɪnd] or leant UK [lent] / US past participle leaned or leant *** 1) [intransitive] to… …

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  • 47lean — {{11}}lean (adj.) thin, spare, with little flesh or fat, c.1200, from O.E. hlæne lean, thin, possibly from hlænan cause to lean or bend, from P.Gmc. *khlainijan, which would connect it to O.E. hleonian (see LEAN (Cf. lean) (v.)). But perhaps… …

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  • 48lean — [[t]li͟ːn[/t]] ♦♦♦ leans, leaning, leaned, leant, leaner, leanest (American English uses the form leaned as the past tense and past participle. British English uses either leaned or leant.) 1) VERB When you lean in a particular direction, you… …

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  • 49lean — lean1 S3 [li:n] v past tense and past participle leaned or leant [lent] especially BrE [: Old English; Origin: hleonian] 1.) [I always + adverb/preposition] to move or bend your body in a particular direction lean forward/back/over etc ▪ They… …

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  • 50lean — I [[t]lin[/t]] v. leaned (esp. brit.)leant, lean•ing, 1) to incline or bend from a vertical position: to lean out the window[/ex] 2) to incline, as in a particular direction; slant: The post leans to the left[/ex] 3) to incline in feeling,… …

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