recumb, repose, recline
(verb) lean in a comfortable resting position; “He was reposing on the couch”
recline
(verb) cause to recline; “She reclined her head on the pillow”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
(intransitive) To lean back.
(intransitive) To put oneself in a resting position.
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.
Source: Wiktionary
Re*cline", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reclined; p. pr. & vb. n. Reclining.] Etym: [L. reclinare; pref. re- re- + clinare to lean, incline. See Incline, Lean to incline.]
Definition: To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc., to place in a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand. The mother Reclined her dying head upon his breast. Dryden.
Re*cline", v. i.
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.
Re*cline", a. Etym: [L. reclinis. See Recline, v. t.]
Definition: 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
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
