to recline
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2.9
- verb
- /rɪˈklaɪn/
- I'm sure you understand, I reclined the seats and got some sleep in the car.
- reclined chair
- reclined seat
Examples
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A space-age personal work environment complete with a reclining chair, multiple computer monitors, and a connected air filter.
Blog text (1) -
She's got seats in the car that recline back.
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You can adjust the seats to recline completely flat.
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I guess I was downstairs and, uh, about to recline and watch TV and I was, uh, half asleep, I guess.
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The seat was reclined all the way down.
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I pushed my seat back into a reclining position, turned away from the man, and made as if to nap.
Fiction book (2001) -
But many budget airlines don't allow you to recline your seats.
Blog text (9) -
Matthew took a seat in a reclining barber's chair.
Fiction book (1994) -
Following routine audiometry, normal hearing subjects were placed in a sound-treated room on a reclining chair for ABR testing.
Academic text (1995) -
You can adjust the chair to recline to a more comfortable position while watching TV.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To rest flat on a surface
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1.5
To bend or rest at an angle against something
403
1.0
To put your body flat on a bed to rest or sleep
131
2.7
To lean back and relax while you watch
78
2.2
Move your upper body away from sitting upright to rest more comfortably
37
6.6
To rest on a sofa next to someone or while reading
33
2.5
Lie down with your body straight to rest or relax
4
7.5
To lie or rest in a still, relaxed position
To lie down and rest
Antonyms
How Reclined
Surface Forms
Morphology
recline = re + cline
Although the word historically contains the prefix 're-', modern learners cannot reliably derive the causative sense from 're-' plus an independently recognizable English base.
Etymology
Recline comes from the Latin parts re- meaning 'back' and clinare meaning 'to lean', the same root you see in incline. So to recline something is to make it or a part of the body lean or lie back into a resting position.