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单词 overlean
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overleanadj.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈliːn/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈlin/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, lean adj.
Etymology: < over- prefix + lean adj.
Excessively lean (in various senses of the adjective).
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the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [adjective] > thin
leanc1000
thinc1000
swonga1300
meagrea1398
empty?c1400
(as) thin (also lean, rank) as a rakec1405
macilent?a1425
rawc1425
gauntc1440
to be skin and bone (also bones)c1450
leany?a1475
swampc1480
scarrya1500
pinched1514
extenuate1528
lean-fleshed1535
carrion-lean1542
spare1548
lank1553
carrion1565
brawn-fallen1578
raw-bone1590
scraggeda1591
thin-bellied1591
rake-lean1593
bare-boned1594
forlorn1594
Lented1594
lean-looked1597
shotten herring1598
spiny1598
starved1598
thin-belly1598
raw-boned1600
larbar1603
meagry?1603
fleshless1605
scraggy1611
ballow1612
lank-leana1616
skinnya1616
hagged1616
scraggling1616
carrion-like1620
extenuated1620
thin-gutted1620
haggard1630
scrannel1638
leanisha1645
skeletontal1651
overlean1657
emaciated1665
slank1668
lathy1672
emaciate1676
nithered1691
emacerated1704
lean-looking1713
scranky1735
squinny-gut(s)1742
mauger1756
squinny1784
angular1789
etiolated1791
as thin (also lean) as a rail1795
wiry1808
slink1817
scranny1820
famine-hollowed1822
sharp featured1824
reedy1830
scrawny1833
stringy1833
lean-ribbeda1845
skeletony1852
famine-pinched1856
shelly1866
flesh-fallen1876
thinnish1884
all horn and hide1890
unfurnished1893
bone-thin1899
underweight1899
asthenic1925
skin-and-bony1935
skinny-malinky1940
skeletal1952
pencil-neck1960
1657 M. Lawrence in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1878) V. Ps. cvi. 15 We look on it as an affliction to have an over-lean body.
1952 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 211 457 If an over-lean mixture of methane were ignited a lip of flame often formed which rotated round the rim of the burner.
1989 Q. Rev. Biol. 64 60/1 Except for a few samples, notably a full-page rendition of John Webber's over-lean Crested..Penguin, natural history has not been included.
2001 Amer. Banker (Nexis) 2 Feb. 14 That fad created overlean and mean companies that cut costs at the expense of building competitive muscle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

overleanv.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈliːn/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈlin/
Inflections: Past tense and past participle overleaned, overleant;
Forms: see over- prefix and lean v.1
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, lean v.1
Etymology: < over- prefix + lean v.1 Compare to lean over (see lean v.1 4a). Compare earlier overleaning adj.
transitive. To lean over. Also intransitive.
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the world > space > relative position > high position > overhanging > overhang [verb (transitive)]
overhangOE
overdight1581
overdrip1587
overwhelm1593
overdrop1608
juttya1616
overbrow1718
overlean1827
overplume1854
overlop1893
oversail1912
1827 T. Hood Hero & Leander xxii, in Plea Midsummer Fairies & Other Poems 76 The drowsy mist..o'erleans the sea.
1875 S. Lanier Symphony 87 Where many boughs the still pool overlean.
1911 J. Muir My First Summer in Sierra 53 The broad-shouldered fronds held high on smooth stout stalks growing close together, overleaning and overlapping, make a complete ceiling, beneath which one may walk erect.
1999 Washington Post (Nexis) 14 Mar. w16 Giant sycamores that overlean the water and blue herons stalking the shallows.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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