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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Recline \Re*cline"\ (r[-e]*kl[imac]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Reclined (r[-e]*kl[imac]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reclining.]
[L. reclinare; pref. re- re- + clinare to lean, incline. See
Incline, Lean to incline.]
To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc.; to place in
a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand.
[1913 Webster]
The mother
Reclined her dying head upon his breast. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Reclining \Re*clin"ing\, a. (Bot.)
(a) Bending or curving gradually back from the
perpendicular.
(b) Recumbent.
[1913 Webster]
Reclining dial, a dial whose plane is inclined to the
vertical line through its center. --Davies & Peck (Math.
Dict.).
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Recline \Re*cline"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reclined; p. pr. &
vb. n. Reclining.] [L. reclinare; pref. re- re- + clinare
to lean, incline. See Incline, Lean to incline.]
To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc., to place in
a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand.
The mother Reclined her dying head upon his breast.
--Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Reclining \Re*clin"ing\, a. (Bot.)
(a) Bending or curving gradually back from the perpendicular.
(b) Recumbent.
Reclining dial, a dial whose plane is inclined to the
vertical line through its center. --Davies & Peck (Math.
Dict.).
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
reclining
adj : lying down; in a position of comfort or rest [syn: accumbent,
decumbent, recumbent]
n : the act of assuming or maintaining a reclining position
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
reclining
a.
1 Capable of being reclined, or moved into a more horizontal
position.
2 (lb en botany) Bending away from the perpendicular; recumbent.
n.
(lb en dated) The act of one who reclines.
vb.
(present participle of en recline nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
reclining
a.
1 Capable of being reclined, or moved into a more horizontal
position.
2 (lb en botany) Bending away from the perpendicular; recumbent.
n.
(lb en dated) The act of one who reclines.
vb.
(present participle of en recline nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
reclining
a.
1 Capable of being reclined, or moved into a more horizontal
position.
2 (lb en botany) Bending away from the perpendicular; recumbent.
n.
(lb en dated) The act of one who reclines.
vb.
(present participle of en recline nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
reclining
a.
1 Capable of being reclined, or moved into a more horizontal
position.
2 (lb en botany) Bending away from the perpendicular; recumbent.
n.
(lb en dated) The act of one who reclines.
vb.
(present participle of en recline nocat=1)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
reclining
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm r eclin ing e)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Reclining /ɹɪklˈaɪnɪŋ/ الإتّكاءFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
reclining /ɹɪklˈaɪnɪŋ/ zurücklegend, legend see: recline, reclined, reclines, reclinedFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
reclining /ɹɪklˈaɪnɪŋ/ zurücklehnend, lehnend see: recline, reclinedFrom English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]
reclining /ɹɪklˈaɪnɪŋ/ ανακλινόμενοςFrom English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]
reclining /rɪˈklaɪnɪŋ/From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]rozkładany
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ɹiˈkɫaɪnɪŋ/, /ɹɪˈkɫaɪnɪŋ/
42 Moby Thesaurus words for "reclining":
accubation, accumbency, accumbent, couchancy, couchant, couche,
crawling, debasement, decumbency, decumbent, depression, draped,
flat, groveling, loll, lolling, lounging, lowness, lying,
lying down, procumbent, prone, proneness, prostrate, prostration,
reclination, recumbency, recumbent, repose, reposing, resupine,
shortness, sprawl, sprawled, sprawling, spread, squatness,
squattiness, stumpiness, subjacency, supine, supineness