leaner
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- noun
- /ˈlinər/
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- The pups grew progressively leaner, brighter, and more independent.
- leaner meat
- leaner bacon
- leaner beef
Examples
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Weight training is great for building muscles, and you'll become leaner and have a higher metabolism.
Blog text (8) -
After following the new diet plan, she felt significantly leaner and more energetic.
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One of my New Year's resolutions was to turn myself into a leaner human being.
Blog text (19) -
Choose turkey pepperoni for a leaner option that still tastes great.
Blog text (33) -
First, with a leaner workforce, employee salaries have increased at Baogang.
Academic text (1996) -
Swap classic pork sausage for something a bit leaner (but still full of flavor).
Blog text (33) -
Wishing he had exercised more and eaten leaner cuisine, he pictured himself expiring from a heart attack before he could get the job done.
Fiction book (1998) -
He prefers to buy leaner cuts of meat to maintain a healthier lifestyle.
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The athlete's rigorous training helped him become leaner and increase his performance.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Leaner comes from the simple verb lean, meaning 'to rest' or 'to bend', plus the ending -er meaning 'a person or thing that does something', so a leaner is someone or something that rests against another surface.