recline

English

Etymology

From Latin reclinare, "to bend back". Confer "decline", "incline".

Verb

recline (third-person singular simple present reclines, present participle reclining, simple past and past participle reclined)

1. (transitive) To cause to lean back; to bend back.
2. (transitive) To put in a resting position.

   She reclined her arms on the table and sighed.

3. (intransitive) To lean back.
4. (intransitive) To put one's self in a resting position.

Related terms

• decline; incline; lie down; lie back

Translations

to cause to lean back; to bend back

Persian: بر پشت دراز کشیدن (fa)

to put in a resting position

to lean back

Russian: прислоняться (ru), облокачиваться (ru)

to put one's self in a resting position

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Esperanto: kuŝi (eo) Spanish: reclinarse

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Spanish

Verb

recline (infinitive reclinar)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of reclinar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of reclinar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of reclinar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of reclinar.