The Clue
"Lawrence of Arabia" director (4 letter answer)
The Answer
LEAN
Tags
Notes
The answer LEAN is seen frequently, appearing about once every 80 puzzles.
Related Clues
___ Cuisine
Efficient
Fatless
Incline
Meager
Scraggy
Skinny
Slender
Spare
Sparse
Tilt
Trim
Be biased
Far from plump
" . . . a ___ and hungry look"
Like Cassius
Low in fat
Low-fat
Not fatty
Not pinguid
___ over backward
Sprat's choice
Sprat's diet
Be precarious, maybe
Built like Cassius
Emulate Pisa's tower
Jack Sprat's diet
Like Miniver Cheevy
Like pricier meat
Like some meat
Low-fat, as beef
"A Passage to India" director
"Raja of Imperial Cinema"
Containing much air, as fuel
Get ready to fall, maybe
Like good hamburger meat
Like Jack Sprat's diet
Mrs. Sprat's no-no
No-no for Mrs. Sprat
Definition
LEAN as a noun:
1. (tilt, list, inclination, lean, leaning) = the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right"
LEAN as a verb:
1. (lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle) = to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister"
2. cause to lean or incline; "He leaned his rifle against the wall"
3. (tend, be given, lean, incline, run) = have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence"
4. rely on for support; "We can lean on this man"
5. (list, lean) = cause to lean to the side; "Erosion listed the old tree"
LEAN as an adjective:
1. (thin, lean) = lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
2. lacking in mineral content or combustible material; "lean ore"; "lean fuel"
3. (lean, skimpy) = containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"
4. not profitable or prosperous; "a lean year"