recline

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To cause to lean back

   To cause to lean back; to bend back.

2. 2

   To put in a resting position.

   • She reclined her arms on the table and sighed.
   • The mother, lovely tho' with grief oppreſt, / Reclin'd his dying head upon her breaſt.
3. 3

   To lean back.

   • to recline against a wall
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   1. 4

      To put oneself in a resting position.

      • to recline on a couch
   2. 5

      A mechanism for lowering the back of a seat to support a less upright position

      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.

      • 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.

The neighborhood

• neighbordecline
• neighborincline
• neighborlie down
• neighborlie back