Lean and Mean

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Lean

Lean adjective - Having a noticeably small amount of body fat.
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Mean and lean are semantically related. in meagre topic. In some cases you can use "Mean" instead an adjective "Lean".
Nearby Words: leaning, leaned, leanness, leant

Mean

Mean adjective - Being about midway between extremes of amount or size.
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Lean and mean are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lean" instead an adjective "Mean".
Nearby Words: means, meaning, meanness, meant, meanly

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love lean love mean love
show lean show mean show
end lean end mean end
way lean way mean way
Other words: little, head.

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  • Lean and Mean He actually describes this form as "lean and mean" in both the 4kids and FUNimation dubs.
    Source: Lean and Mean
  • Self Demonstrating / The Joker Agent Peacock: I'm lean and mean, like my lipstick, love showing my emotions, and killer.
    Source: Self Demonstrating / The Joker
  • Cats Are Mean But even before, the main character doesn't want to neuter him, because he likes him "lean and mean", and thinks that cats are "gangsters of the animal world, living outside the law".
    Source: Cats Are Mean
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