Lean, leaning or LEAN may refer to:
Business practices Lean thinking, a business methodology adopted in various fields Lean construction, an adaptation of lean manufacturing principles to the design and construction process Lean government, application of lean thinking to government Lean higher education, application of lean manufacturing principles in Higher Education Lean integration, application of lean manufacturing principles to data and systems integration Lean IT, application of lean manufacturing principles to the development and management of information technology (IT) products and services Lean laboratory, application of lean manufacturing principles in a laboratory Lean manufacturing, a process improvement discipline Lean product development, lean thinking applied to product development Lean project management, application of lean concepts to project management Lean services, application of lean manufacturing principles in a service operation Lean software development, lean manufacturing principles applied to software development Lean startup, how to start a company in a lean way
Other uses Lean (proof assistant), a mathematical proof assistant and programming language Lean (drug), based on cough syrup Le'an County, in Jiangxi, China Lean meat, meat with little fat content An alternate name of lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush), a fish A slight advantage for one candidate in political forecasting
People with the surname Big Lean (born 1989), Canadian rapper David Lean (1908–1991), English film director, producer and editor Hooi Hooi Lean, Malaysian economist Jonathan Lean (born 1952), former Dean of St Davids Cathedral Yung Lean (born 1996), Swedish musician
See also Lien (disambiguation) Leen (disambiguation) Leane (disambiguation)