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lean | layback |

As a proper noun lean

is .

As a noun layback is

(figure skating) a spin in which the head and shoulders are dropped backwards and the back arched downwards toward the ice also called a layback spin.

As a verb layback is

to climb using layback maneuvers.

lean

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) ; via Proto-Indo-European with climate, cline.

Verb

  • To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
  • To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; with to'', ''toward , etc.
  • * (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
    • They delight rather to lean to their old customs.
  • To rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc.; with on'', ''upon'', or ''against .
  • * (1809-1892)
    • He leaned not on his fathers but himself.
  • * , chapter=23
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.}}
  • To hang outwards.
  • To press against.
  • * (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
    • His fainting limbs against an oak he leant .
    Derived terms
    * lean back * leaning * lean on * lean-to
    Related terms
    * climate * cline

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (of a person or animal) slim; not fleshy.
  • (of meat) having little fat.
  • Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.
    • a lean''' budget; a '''lean harvest
  • Of a fuel-air mixture, having more air than is necessary to burn all of the fuel; more air- or oxygen- rich than necessary for a stoichiometric reaction.
  • (printing, archaic) Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed to fat.
    • lean copy, matter, or type
    Synonyms
    * See also

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen.
  • * {{quote-magazine
    • , year=1938 , month=July , author=Blaine and Dupont Miller , title=Weather Hop , page=25 , magazine=Boy's Life , publisher=Boy Scouts of America , issn=0006-8608 citation , passage=He leaned the mixture in an effort to cause a backfire through the carburetor, the generally accepted method of breaking the ice loose. }}
  • * {{quote-magazine
    • , year=2002 , month=July , author=Tom Benenson , title=Can Your Engine Run Too Lean? , volume=129 , issue=7 , page=73 , magazine=Flying , issn=0015-4806 citation , passage=Even the Pilot's Operating Handbooks (POH) for our training airplanes add to our paranoia with their insistence that we not lean the mixture until we're above 5000 feet density altitude. }}

    Etymology 3

    Icelandic (leyna)?; akin to (etyl) word for "deny". Compare .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To conceal.
    • (Ray)

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    layback

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (figure skating) A spin in which the head and shoulders are dropped backwards and the back arched downwards toward the ice. Also called a layback spin
  • *{{quote-news, year=2008, date=January 24, author=Pat Borzi, title=Figure Skating's Next Ones Are Closing in on Their Moment, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Mirai Nagasu, like Zhang a promising 14-year-old, showed equally astonishing flexibility on a layback spin Wednesday, leaning so far that the back of her head nearly touched her backside. }}
  • (climbing) A maneuver to scale a vertical crack, by pulling with the arms and jamming the legs underneath, and shuffling up on limb at a time.
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2006 , date=July 2 , author=Antonio Graceffo , title=A Day of Rocks and Sea: Kayaking and Climbing in Taiwan , work=asiantribune.com citation , page= , passage=A layback', on the other hand, forces you to pull with your arms. A '''layback''' can protrude so far from the main rock face, that your legs will be dangling uselessly in the air, while your arms support all of your body weight. The tricky thing about the ' layback is that not only do you need the upper-body strength to hold yourself up and climb hand over hand, but you also need the flexibility and balance to clear the edge of the overhang.}}
  • (surfing) A surf maneuver where the upright surfer leans back against the wave.
  • (skateboarding, snowboarding) A trick where the boarder leans back while on the lip of the ramp, or down a rail.
  • (audio editing) The process of recording the final sound onto the master track.
  • A short backwards pass to a teammate in an attacking position
  • * {{quote-news, year=2000
    • , date=October 25 , author=Daniel Taylor , title=Radzinski double floors United , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=Only a fine interception from Mickael Silvestre denied the marauding Czech international an early chance from Tomasz Radzinski's layback and, as United struggled to find any momentum, their hosts threatened to overwhelm them.}}

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To climb using layback maneuvers.