"recline" meaning in English

See recline in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɹɪˈklaɪn/, /ɹəˈklaɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-recline.wav Forms: reclines [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪn Etymology: Borrowed from Latin reclīnāre (“to bend back”). Compare decline, incline. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱley-|id=incline}}, {{bor|en|la|reclino|reclīnāre|to bend back}} Latin reclīnāre (“to bend back”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} recline (plural reclines)
  1. 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.
    Sense id: en-recline-en-noun-IEDzL33n Categories (other): Terms with Hebrew translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 13 32 35 8 11

Verb

IPA: /ɹɪˈklaɪn/, /ɹəˈklaɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-recline.wav Forms: reclines [present, singular, third-person], reclining [participle, present], reclined [participle, past], reclined [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], recline [infinitive]
Rhymes: -aɪn Etymology: Borrowed from Latin reclīnāre (“to bend back”). Compare decline, incline. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱley-|id=incline}}, {{bor|en|la|reclino|reclīnāre|to bend back}} Latin reclīnāre (“to bend back”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} recline (third-person singular simple present reclines, present participle reclining, simple past and past participle reclined) Inflection templates: {{en-conj|recline|old=1|stem=reclin}}
  1. (transitive) To cause to lean back; to bend back. Tags: transitive Translations (to cause to lean back; to bend back): облягам (obljagam) (Bulgarian), panna nojalleen (Finnish), reclinar (Galician), zurücklehnen (German), بر پشت دراز کشیدن (Persian), reclinar (Portuguese), отки́дывать (otkídyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отки́нуть (otkínutʹ) (alt: наза́д) [perfective] (Russian), བཀྱེད (bkyed) (Tibetan)
    Sense id: en-recline-en-verb-FSq0KtyH Categories (other): Terms with Hebrew translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 13 32 35 8 11 Disambiguation of 'to cause to lean back; to bend back': 90 1 9 1
  2. (transitive) To put in a resting position. Tags: transitive Translations (to put in a resting position): облягам (obljagam) (Bulgarian), panna (Finnish), asettaa (Finnish), hinlegen (German), apoiar (Portuguese), укла́дывать (ukládyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), уложи́ть (uložítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), श्रयति (śrayati) (Sanskrit), གཞོགས་སྙེས་རྒྱག (gzhogs snyes rgyag) (Tibetan)
    Sense id: en-recline-en-verb-oZk7leO7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Rapa Nui translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sanskrit translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tibetan translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 23 29 11 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 24 39 13 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 17 17 41 8 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 13 22 44 11 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 15 21 41 9 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 15 21 41 9 13 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 14 22 42 10 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 13 32 35 8 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 13 22 44 11 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 15 21 41 9 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 15 21 41 9 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 15 21 42 9 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Rapa Nui translations: 12 26 39 7 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 13 22 44 11 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Sanskrit translations: 14 22 42 10 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 14 22 43 13 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Tibetan translations: 15 21 41 9 13 Disambiguation of 'to put in a resting position': 2 78 0 20
  3. (intransitive) To lean back. Tags: intransitive Translations (to lean back): опирам се (opiram se) (Bulgarian), облягам се (obljagam se) (Bulgarian), nojautua (Finnish), anlehnen (German), reclīnō (Latin), reclinar (Portuguese), отки́дываться (otkídyvatʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), отки́нуться (otkínutʹsja) (alt: наза́д, на спи́нку кре́сла) [perfective] (Russian), སྙེས (snyes) (Tibetan)
    Sense id: en-recline-en-verb-TwMMkBLA Disambiguation of 'to lean back': 26 0 74 0
  4. (intransitive) To put oneself in a resting position. Tags: intransitive Translations (to put oneself in a resting position): излягам се (izljagam se) (Bulgarian), käydä pitkäkseen (Finnish), הֵסֵב (hesev) (Hebrew), tīpapa (Maori), noho (Maori), deitar (Portuguese), moe (Rapa Nui), полулежа́ть (poluležátʹ) (Russian), сиде́ть отки́нувшись (sidétʹ otkínuvšisʹ) (Russian), གན་རྐྱལ་ཉལ (gan rkyal nyal) (Tibetan)
    Sense id: en-recline-en-verb-PB6CAgRb Categories (other): Terms with Hebrew translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 13 32 35 8 11 Disambiguation of 'to put oneself in a resting position': 1 27 0 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: decline, incline, lie down, lie back

Inflected forms

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          "text": "She reclined her arms on the table and sighed.",
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          "text": "The mother, lovely tho' with grief oppreſt, / Reclin'd his dying head upon her breaſt.",
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        "To put in a resting position."
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        "(transitive) To put in a resting position."
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          "_dis1": "2 78 0 20",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "obljagam",
          "sense": "to put in a resting position",
          "word": "облягам"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to put in a resting position",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "to put in a resting position",
          "word": "asettaa"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to put in a resting position",
          "word": "hinlegen"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to put in a resting position",
          "word": "apoiar"
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          "_dis1": "2 78 0 20",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ukládyvatʹ",
          "sense": "to put in a resting position",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "укла́дывать"
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          "_dis1": "2 78 0 20",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "uložítʹ",
          "sense": "to put in a resting position",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "уложи́ть"
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          "_dis1": "2 78 0 20",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "śrayati",
          "sense": "to put in a resting position",
          "word": "श्रयति"
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          "_dis1": "2 78 0 20",
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "gzhogs snyes rgyag",
          "sense": "to put in a resting position",
          "word": "གཞོགས་སྙེས་རྒྱག"
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          "text": "to recline against a wall",
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        "To lean back."
      ],
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        "(intransitive) To lean back."
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "26 0 74 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "opiram se",
          "sense": "to lean back",
          "word": "опирам се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 0 74 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "obljagam se",
          "sense": "to lean back",
          "word": "облягам се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 0 74 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to lean back",
          "word": "nojautua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 0 74 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to lean back",
          "word": "anlehnen"
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        {
          "_dis1": "26 0 74 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to lean back",
          "word": "reclīnō"
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          "_dis1": "26 0 74 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to lean back",
          "word": "reclinar"
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          "_dis1": "26 0 74 0",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otkídyvatʹsja",
          "sense": "to lean back",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "отки́дываться"
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          "alt": "наза́д, на спи́нку кре́сла",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otkínutʹsja",
          "sense": "to lean back",
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          "_dis1": "26 0 74 0",
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "snyes",
          "sense": "to lean back",
          "word": "སྙེས"
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        "(intransitive) To put oneself in a resting position."
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          "_dis1": "1 27 0 72",
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          "sense": "to put oneself in a resting position",
          "word": "излягам се"
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          "_dis1": "1 27 0 72",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to put oneself in a resting position",
          "word": "käydä pitkäkseen"
        },
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          "_dis1": "1 27 0 72",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "hesev",
          "sense": "to put oneself in a resting position",
          "word": "הֵסֵב"
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          "_dis1": "1 27 0 72",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to put oneself in a resting position",
          "word": "tīpapa"
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          "_dis1": "1 27 0 72",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to put oneself in a resting position",
          "word": "noho"
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          "_dis1": "1 27 0 72",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to put oneself in a resting position",
          "word": "deitar"
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          "_dis1": "1 27 0 72",
          "code": "rap",
          "lang": "Rapa Nui",
          "sense": "to put oneself in a resting position",
          "word": "moe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 27 0 72",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "poluležátʹ",
          "sense": "to put oneself in a resting position",
          "word": "полулежа́ть"
        },
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          "_dis1": "1 27 0 72",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sidétʹ otkínuvšisʹ",
          "sense": "to put oneself in a resting position",
          "word": "сиде́ть отки́нувшись"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 27 0 72",
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "gan rkyal nyal",
          "sense": "to put oneself in a resting position",
          "word": "གན་རྐྱལ་ཉལ"
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      "rhymes": "-aɪn"
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      "sense": "to cause to lean back; to bend back",
      "word": "བཀྱེད"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to put in a resting position",
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      "roman": "gzhogs snyes rgyag",
      "sense": "to put in a resting position",
      "word": "གཞོགས་སྙེས་རྒྱག"
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      "roman": "opiram se",
      "sense": "to lean back",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "roman": "snyes",
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      "word": "སྙེས"
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "to put oneself in a resting position",
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      "sense": "to put oneself in a resting position",
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      "sense": "to put oneself in a resting position",
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      "roman": "sidétʹ otkínuvšisʹ",
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      "roman": "gan rkyal nyal",
      "sense": "to put oneself in a resting position",
      "word": "གན་རྐྱལ་ཉལ"
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