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leaned
(encz) | leaned,nakloněný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Leaned
(gcide) | 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. kli`nein, L. clivus hill, slope. [root]40. Cf.
Declivity, Climax, Incline, Ladder.]
1. To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to
be in a position thus inclining or deviating; as, she
leaned out at the window; a leaning column. "He leant
forward." --Dickens.
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2. To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; --
with to, toward, etc.
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They delight rather to lean to their old customs.
--Spenser.
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3. To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; --
with on, upon, or against.
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He leaned not on his fathers but himself.
--Tennyson.
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cleaned
(encz) | cleaned,čištěný adj: Zdeněk Brožcleaned,filtrovaný adj: Zdeněk Brožcleaned,vyčištěný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
cleaned gas
(encz) | cleaned gas,vyčištěný plyn [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
dry-cleaned
(encz) | dry-cleaned, adj: |
gleaned
(encz) | gleaned,shromážděný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
leaned
(encz) | leaned,nakloněný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
uncleaned
(encz) | uncleaned,nevyčištěno web |
Cleaned
(gcide) | Clean \Clean\ (kl[=e]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cleaned
(kl[=e]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cleaning.] [See Clean, a.,
and cf. Cleanse.]
To render clean; to free from whatever is foul, offensive, or
extraneous; to purify; to cleanse.
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To clean out, to exhaust; to empty; to get away from (one)
all his money. [Colloq.] --De Quincey.
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dry-cleaned
(gcide) | dry-cleaned \dry-cleaned\ adj.
cleaned without the use of water; -- usually by immersing in
an organic solvent to remove grease.
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Gleaned
(gcide) | Glean \Glean\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gleaned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gleaning.] [OE. glenen, OF. glener, glaner, F. glaner, fr.
LL. glenare; cf. W. glan clean, glanh?u to clean, purify, or
AS. gelm, gilm, a hand?ul.]
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1. To gather after a reaper; to collect in scattered or
fragmentary parcels, as the grain left by a reaper, or
grapes left after the gathering.
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To glean the broken ears after the man
That the main harvest reaps. --Shak.
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2. To gather from (a field or vineyard) what is left.
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3. To collect with patient and minute labor; to pick out; to
obtain.
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Content to glean what we can from . . . experiments.
--Locke.
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dry-cleaned
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adj 1: cleaned with chemical solvents |
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