mindmap root((清瘦)) lean stresses lack of fat and of curving contours: a ~ race horse. spare suggests leanness from abstemious living or constant exercise: the ~ form of a long-distance runner. lank implies tallness as well as leanness: the pale, ~ limbs of a prisoner of war. lanky suggests awkwardness and loose-jointedness as well as thinness: a ~ youth, all arms and legs. gaunt implies marked thinness or emaciation as from overwork, undernourishment, or suffering: her ~ face showed the strain of poverty. rawboned suggests a large ungainly build without implying undernourishment: ~ lumberjacks squeezed into a booth. scrawny suggests extreme thinness and slightness or shrunkenness: ~ kitten. skinny implies leanness that suggests deficient strength and vitality: ~ fashion models.