Recline
[rɪ'klaɪn]
Definition
(verb.) cause to recline; 'She reclined her head on the pillow'.
Checker: Valerie--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc.; to place in a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand.
(v. i.) To lean or incline; as, to recline against a wall.
(v. i.) To assume, or to be in, a recumbent position; as, to recline on a couch.
(v. t.) Having a reclining posture; leaning; reclining.
Editor: Woodrow
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Lean.
v. n. [1]. Lean, bear.[2]. Couch, lie, lie down, be recumbent.[3]. Rest, repose.
Editor: Pedro
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Lean, slope, rest, lie, repose
ANT:Erect, raise, rise, stand
Inputed by Davis
Definition
v.t. to lean or bend backwards: to lean to or on one side.—v.i. to lean: to rest or repose.—adjs. Recline′ (Milt.) leaning; Reclined′ (bot.) same as Reclinate.—n. Reclī′ner.—adj. Reclī′ning (bot.) bending away from the perpendicular: recumbent.—ns. Reclī′ning-board a board on which persons recline to gain erectness to the figure; Reclī′ning-chair an invalid's chair.
Editor: Percival
Examples
- I will recline and dictate. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- And to see the old dowager making her recline on a couch, and 'my son John' prohibiting excitement, etcetera--faugh! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Lady Brackenstall was reclining on the same couch, but looked brighter than before. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- However, there I was, reclining, with my art-treasures about me, and wanting a quiet morning. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The constable looked as wise as he could, and took up his staff of office: which had been reclining indolently in the chimney-corner. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- A tall, dark-eyed, sallow woman, half rose from a couch on which she was reclining. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Why,' said he, 'there was nothing suspicious; but--I don't know how it happened, mind--she certainly was reclining in his arms. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I felt some uneasiness in a reclining posture. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Eustacia did not recognize Mrs. Yeobright in the reclining figure, nor Clym as one of the standers-by till she came close. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- She was sitting near the window, with her head reclined on her hand, and appeared more than usually pensive. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- She reclined, propped up, from mere habit, on a couch: as nearly in her old usual attitude, as anything so helpless could be kept in. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- She reclined over the garden gate as if to refresh herself awhile. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Mr and Mrs Sparkler had been dining alone, with their gloom cast over them, and Mrs Sparkler reclined on a drawing-room sofa. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Brilliant cloths of many hues and strange patterns formed the soft cushion covering of the dais upon which they reclined about her. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Reclined at length on a couch, in her new apartment, Fanny's spirits appeared so much improved as to encourage hopes which had become extinct. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Fanny was sitting on the sofa with her head reclined on the pillow. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- She reclines her bosom on the ridge of Stilbro' Moor; her mighty hands are joined beneath it. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- My Lady reclines in her chair composedly, though with a trifle less of graceful ease than usual perhaps, and never falters in her steady gaze. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She rises from table, takes a lounging-chair, and reclines in it, shading her face. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Typist: Ludwig