leant

leant
chiefly British past of lean

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • leant — [lent] v a past tense and past participle of ↑lean …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • leant — [ lent ] a British past tense and past participle of lean …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • leant — [lent] vi., vt. pt. & pp. ofchiefly Brit.Chiefly Brit. LEAN1 …   English World dictionary

  • leant — ˈlent chiefly Britain past of lean * * * /lent/, v. Chiefly Brit. a pp. and pt. of lean1. * * * leant UK US a past tense and past participle of lean1 Thesaurus: irregular past tenses and past participleshyponym * * * …   Useful english dictionary

  • Leant — Lean Lean (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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • leant — [[t]le̱nt[/t]] Leant is one of the forms of the past tense and past participle of lean. [BRIT] …   English dictionary

  • leant — /lent/, v. Chiefly Brit. a pp. and pt. of lean1. * * * …   Universalium

  • léant — suppléant énucléant …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • leant — lɪːn n. inclination, tendency; meat in which there is more muscle than fat, lean meat v. rest against; slant, bend, incline; tend toward, favor; depend; place against; cause to slant or tilt adj. thin, skinny; having little fat; meager, poor,… …   English contemporary dictionary

  • leant — the past tense and past participle of lean 1 …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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