recline
recline is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To lean or incline; as, to recline against a wall.
- 2.To assume, or to be in, a recumbent position; as, to recline on a couch.
- 3.Having a reclining posture; leaning; reclining. [R.] They sat, recline On the soft downy bank, damasked with flowers. Milton.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abase
- abasement
- about
- accubation
- accumbent
- all
- alluvial
- and
- area
- azimuth
- back
- beam
- bed
- bend
- best
- billiard
- bob
- bow
- bowling
- breath
- breathing
- bring
- butte
- calm
- cast
- cease
- cessation
- chair
- concavity
- couch
- couchant
- courtesy
- cower
- cricket
- croquet
- crouch
- curtsy
- cut
- dash
- day
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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