leaner
lee ner
- n (horseshoes) the throw of a horseshoe so as to lean against (but not encircle) the stake
- a lacking excess flesh
- a lacking in mineral content or combustible material
- s containing little excess
- s not profitable or prosperous
- Bison are leaner than cattle because they are still wild animals who range and eat grass; they do not tolerate confinement well, and so they cannot be fattened the way we do cattle .
- They have taught Soviet cattle farmers that they can raise leaner beef by castrating their cattle a month later than usual and slaughtering them a month earlier.
- Some might assume that we're better off with a leaner government.