recline
See also: recliné
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹɪˈklaɪn/, /ɹəˈklaɪn/
- Rhymes: -aɪn
Verb
recline (third-person singular simple present reclines, present participle reclining, simple past and past participle reclined)
- (transitive) To cause to lean back; to bend back.
- (transitive) To put in a resting position.
- She reclined her arms on the table and sighed.
- Dryden
- The mother / Reclined her dying head upon his breast.
- (intransitive) To lean back.
- to recline against a wall
- (intransitive) To put oneself in a resting position.
- to recline on a couch
Translations
to cause to lean back; to bend back
to put in a resting position
to lean back
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to put oneself in a resting position
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Noun
recline (plural reclines)
- 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.
- 2013 Dec. 22, Jad Mouawad and Martha C. White, "," New York Times (retrieved 23 December 2013):
- To gain a little more space, airlines are turning to a new generation of seats that use lighter materials and less padding, moving the magazine pocket above the tray table and even reducing or eliminating the recline in seats.
- 2013 Dec. 22, Jad Mouawad and Martha C. White, "," New York Times (retrieved 23 December 2013):
Spanish
Verb
recline
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of reclinar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of reclinar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of reclinar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of reclinar.
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