Definition of recline Recline

/ɹɪklajˈn/ - [riklayn] - re•cline

We found 14 definitions of recline from 6 different sources.

What does recline mean?

Verb reclines, reclining, reclined
recline - cause to recline; "She reclined her head on the pillow"
		position, lay, pose, put, place, set cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
recline - lean in a comfortable resting position; "He was reposing on the couch"
		recumb, repose
		lie tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29"
		rest be at rest
		recline cause to recline; "She reclined her head on the pillow"
recline - move the upper body backwards and down
		lean back
		slant, tilt, angle, lean, tip present with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"
		fall back retreat

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recline (v. t.)
To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc.; to place in a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand.
recline (v. i.)
To lean or incline; as, to recline against a wall.
recline (v. i.)
To assume, or to be in, a recumbent position; as, to recline on a couch.
recline (v. t.)
Having a reclining posture; leaning; reclining.

recline
rē-klīn′, v.t. to lean or bend backwards: to lean to or on one side.—v.i. to lean: to rest or repose.—adjs. Recline′ (Milt.), leaning; Reclined′ (bot.), same as Reclinate.—n. Reclī′ner.—adj. Reclī′ning (bot.), bending away from the perpendicular: recumbent.—ns. Reclī′ning-board, a board on which persons recline to gain erectness to the figure; Reclī′ning-chair, an invalid's chair. [Fr.,—L. reclināre—re-, back, clināre, to bend.]