RECLINE meaning: Lean back into a lying position

We found 28 dictionaries that define the word recline:

General (26 matching dictionaries)

recline: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
recline: Merriam-Webster
recline: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
recline: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
recline: Collins English Dictionary
recline: Vocabulary.com
Recline, recline: Wordnik
recline: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
recline: Wiktionary
recline: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
recline: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
recline: Infoplease Dictionary
Recline, recline: Dictionary.com
recline: Online Etymology Dictionary
recline: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Recline: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Recline: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
recline: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
recline: Rhymezone
recline: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
recline: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
recline: FreeDictionary.org
recline: Mnemonic Dictionary
recline: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)

recline: Legal dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

recline: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ verb:  (transitive) To cause to lean back; to bend back.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To put in a resting position.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To lean back.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To put oneself in a resting position.
▸ noun:  A mechanism for lowering the back of a seat to support a less upright position; Also, the action of lowering the back using such a mechanism.

Similar:

repose, Lean Back, recumb, rest, sit back, accumb, couch, recouch, propend, bend, more...

Opposite:

sit up, sit upright, sit

Types:

lie down, sit up, lean back, lean forward, lean to the side, more...

Phrases:

recline to the side, opposite of recline, to recline, recline lazily, more...

Adjectives:

full, unhunted, last, great, humble, rustic, sick, fresh, slight, green, blessed

Colors:

beige, taupe, cream, sand, olive, more...