The difference between Lean and Purple drank
When used as nouns, lean means an inclination away from the vertical, whereas purple drank means a recreational drug based on cough syrup, popular in the hip-hop community in the southern united states.
Lean is also verb with the meaning: to incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position.
Lean is also adjective with the meaning: slim.
check bellow for the other definitions of Lean and Purple drank
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Lean as a verb:
To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
Examples:
"a leaning column"
"She leaned out of the window."
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Lean as a verb:
To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; with to, toward, etc.
Examples:
"I'm leaning towards voting Conservative in the next election."
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Lean as a verb:
To rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc.; with on, upon, or against.
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Lean as a verb:
To hang outwards.
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Lean as a verb:
To press against.
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Lean as a noun (of an object taller than its width and depth):
An inclination away from the vertical.
Examples:
"The trees had various leans toward gaps in the canopy."
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Lean as an adjective (of a person or animal):
Slim; not fleshy.
Examples:
"synonyms: lithe svelte willowy Thesaurus:slender"
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Lean as an adjective (of meat):
Having little fat.
Examples:
"'lean steak cuts"
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Lean as an adjective:
Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.
Examples:
"synonyms: insufficient scarce sparse Thesaurus:inadequate"
"a lean budget"
"a lean harvest"
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Lean as an adjective:
Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.
Examples:
"synonyms: deficient dilute poor"
"ant rich"
"A lean ore hardly worth mining."
"Running on too lean a fuel-air mixture will cause, among other problems, your internal combustion engine to heat up too much."
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Lean as an adjective (printing, archaic):
Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed to .
Examples:
"'lean copy, matter, or type"
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Lean as an adjective (business):
Efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing"
Examples:
"'lean management"
"'lean manufacturing"
"Alcoa is now a lean and agile enterprise, after having split last year into two entities."
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Lean as a noun:
Meat with no fat on it.
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Lean as a verb:
To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen.
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Lean as a verb:
To conceal.
Examples:
"rfquotek Ray"
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Lean as a noun (slang, US):
A recreational drug based on codeine-laced promethazine cough syrup, popular in the hip hop community in the southeastern United States.
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Purple drank as a noun (slang):
A recreational drug based on cough syrup, popular in the hip-hop community in the southern United States.