recline

See also: recliné

English

Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin reclīnāre (“to bend back”). Confer decline, incline.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈklaɪn/, /ɹəˈklaɪn/
• Rhymes: -aɪn

Verb

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.

   • Dryden

     The mother / Reclined her dying head upon his breast.

3. (intransitive) To lean back.

   to recline against a wall

4. (intransitive) To put oneself in a resting position.

   to recline on a couch

Translations

to cause to lean back; to bend back

• Finnish: panna nojalleen
• Galician: reclinar
• German: zurücklehnen (de)
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• Persian: بر پشت دراز کشیدن
• Portuguese: reclinar
• Russian: отки́дывать (ru) impf (otkídyvatʹ), отки́нуть (ru) pf (otkínutʹ) (наза́д)

to put in a resting position

• Finnish: panna (fi), asettaa (fi)
• Portuguese: apoiar (pt)
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• Russian: укла́дывать (ru) impf (ukládyvatʹ), уложи́ть (ru) pf (uložítʹ)

to lean back

• Finnish: nojautua (fi)
• Latin: reclīnō
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• Portuguese: reclinar
• Russian: отки́дываться (ru) impf (otkídyvatʹsja), отки́нуться (ru) pf (otkínutʹsja) (наза́д, на спи́нку кре́сла)

to put oneself in a resting position

• Finnish: käydä pitkäkseen
• Hebrew: הֵסֵב (he) (hesev)
• Maori: tīpapa, noho
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• Portuguese: deitar (pt)
• Rapa Nui: moe
• Russian: полулежа́ть (ru) (poluležátʹ), сиде́ть отки́нувшись (sidétʹ otkínuvšisʹ)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} kuŝi (eo)
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• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} reclinarse (es)

See also

• decline; incline; lie down; lie back

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.
   • 2013 Dec. 22, Jad Mouawad and Martha C. White, "[1]," New York Times (retrieved 23 December 2013):

     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.

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Spanish

Verb

recline

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.