recline

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: re=cline

CIDE DICTIONARY

recline, v. t. [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."  [1913 Webster]

recline, v. i. 

•  To lean or incline; as, to recline against a wall.  [1913 Webster]
•  To assume, or to be in, a recumbent position; as, to recline on a couch.  [1913 Webster]

recline, a. [L. reclinis. See Recline, v. t.].

 Having a reclining posture; leaning; reclining.  [1913 Webster]
"They sat, recline
On the soft downy bank, damasked with flowers."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

recline, v.
1 intr. assume or be in a horizontal or leaning position, esp. in resting.
2 tr. cause to recline or move from the vertical.

Derivative

reclinable adj.

Etymology

ME f. OE recliner or L reclinare bend back, recline (as RE-, clinare bend)

THESAURUS

recline

abut on, be based on, bear on, bed, bed down, bestraddle, bestride, cant, couch, crawl, curl up, go to bed, go to rest, grovel, heel, incline, lay, lean, lean on, lie, lie down, lie flat, lie limply, lie on, lie prone, lie prostrate, list, loll, lounge, perch, prone, prostrate, rely on, repose, repose on, rest, rest on, ride, settle to rest, sit on, slope, snug down, sprawl, stand on, straddle, stretch out, stride, supinate, take it easy, take life easy, tilt, tip

ROGET THESAURUS

recline

Repose

VB repose, rest, rest and be thankful, take a rest, take one's ease, take it easy, relax, unbend, slacken, take breath, rest upon one's oars, pause, stay one's hand, lie down, recline, recline on a bed of down, recline on an easy chair, go to rest, go to bed, go to sleep, take a holiday, shut up shop, lie fallow.

Horizontality

VB be horizontal, lie, recline, couch, lie down, lie flat, lie prostrate, sprawl, loll, sit down, render horizontal, lay down, lay out, level, flatten, prostrate, knock down, floor, fell.

Depression

VB depress, lower, let down, take down, let down a peg, take down a peg, cast, let drop, let fall, sink, debase, bring low, abase, reduce, detrude, pitch, precipitate, overthrow, overturn, overset, upset, subvert, prostate, level, fell, cast down, take down, throw down, fling down, dash down, pull down, cut down, knock down, hew down, raze, raze to the ground, rase to the ground, trample in the dust, pull about one's ears, sit, sit down, couch, squat, crouch, stoop, bend, bow, courtesy, curtsy, bob, duck, dip, kneel, bend the knee, bow the knee, bend the head, bow the head, cower, recline.