LEANER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does leaner mean? 

• LEANER (noun)
  The noun LEANER has 1 sense:

1. (horseshoes) the throw of a horseshoe so as to lean against (but not encircle) the stake

  Familiarity information: LEANER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEANER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(horseshoes) the throw of a horseshoe so as to lean against (but not encircle) the stake

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("leaner" is a kind of...):

throw (the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist))

Domain category:

horseshoes; quoits (a game in which iron rings (or open iron rings) are thrown at a stake in the ground in the hope of encircling it)

Derivation:

lean (cause to lean or incline)

lean (to incline or bend from a vertical position)

 Context examples 

If you are not busy with a work assignment, you may be focused on finding ways to feel healthier, stronger, and leaner.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You are leaner, stronger, and more capable than you were before he came by—think back to 2015, 2016, and most of 2017—to the time before Saturn entered Capricorn—and see how far you’ve come.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)