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 Definitions of recline  [ɪˈklaɪn]  

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Definition of 'recline' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.i.) recline
to lean back or lie; rest in a recumbent position.

2. (v.t.) recline
to cause to lean back or lie; place in a recumbent position.

Etymology:  (1375–1425; late ME < L reclīnāre=re-re - +clīnāre to lean1)

Definition of 'recline' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) lean back, recline
move the upper body backwards and down

2. (verb) recline
cause to recline
"She reclined her head on the pillow"

3. (verb) recumb, repose, recline
lean in a comfortable resting position
"He was reposing on the couch"


Definition of 'recline' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) recline
to cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc.; to place in a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand

2. (verb) recline
to lean or incline; as, to recline against a wall

3. (verb) recline
to assume, or to be in, a recumbent position; as, to recline on a couch

4. (verb) recline
having a reclining posture; leaning; reclining


Translation of 'recline' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to lean or lie on one's back or side
The invalid was reclining on the sofa.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: leun, terugleun Arabic flag Arabic: يَسْنِد، يَسْتَنِد Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: облягам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: reclinar-se Czech flag Czech: položit German flag German: sich lehnen
Danish flag Danish: læne sig tilbage; lægge s Greek flag Greek: ξαπλώνω, πλαγιάζω Spanish flag Spanish: reclinarse, apoyarse, rec
Estonian flag Estonian: lebama Farsi flag Farsi: تکیه کردن؛ لم دادن Finnish flag Finnish: loikoa
French flag French: être allongé Hebrew flag Hebrew: לִשכַּב, לְהִישַעֵן לְאָח Hindi flag Hindi: लेट जाना, लेटना, के सहारे
Croatian flag Croatian: leći nauznak, ležati Hungarian flag Hungarian: fekszik Indonesian flag Indonesian: berbaring
Icelandic flag Icelandic: halla sér, liggja Italian flag Italian: giacere, appoggiarsi Japanese flag Japanese: もたれかかる
Korean flag Korean: 기대다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: atsilošti, gulėti atsiloš Latvian flag Latvian: atbalstīties; atlaisties
Malay flag Malay: sandar Dutch flag Dutch: achteruit leunen Norwegian flag Norwegian: lene/legge seg bakover, l
Polish flag Polish: spoczywać Persian flag Persian: تکیه کردن؛ لم دادن Pashto flag Pashto: تليه كول، استراحت كول،څمل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: reclinar-se Romanian flag Romanian: a staîntins Russian flag Russian: (полу)лежать
Slovak flag Slovak: položiť, odpočúvať Slovenian flag Slovenian: ležati, biti zleknjen Serbian flag Serbian: nasloniti se
Swedish flag Swedish: vila, luta sig tillbaka Thai flag Thai: ทำให้เอนไปข้างหลัง Turkish flag Turkish: yaslanmak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 向後靠或躺,側靠或側躺 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: притулятися, спиратися Urdu flag Urdu: کسی چیز کے سہارے لیٹنا یا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: dựa vào Chinese flag Chinese: 向后靠,放置

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