recline
See also: recliné
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin reclīnāre (“to bend back”). Compare decline, incline.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
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.
- She reclined her arms on the table and sighed.
- a. 1701 (date written), John Dryden, “On the Death of Amyntas. A Pastoral Elegy.”, in The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, […], volume II, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, […], published 1760, →OCLC, page 249:
- The mother, lovely tho' with grief oppreſt, / Reclin'd his dying head upon her breaſt.
- (intransitive) To lean back.
- to recline against a wall
- (intransitive) To put oneself in a resting position.
- to recline on a couch
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of recline
infinitive | (to) recline | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | recline | reclined | |
2nd-person singular | recline, reclinest† | reclined, reclinedst† | |
3rd-person singular | reclines, reclineth† | reclined | |
plural | recline | ||
subjunctive | recline | reclined | |
imperative | recline | — | |
participles | reclining | reclined |
Translations edit
to cause to lean back; to bend back
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to put in a resting position
to lean back
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to put oneself in a resting position
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See also edit
Noun edit
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.
- 2013 December 22, Jad Mouawad, Martha C. White, 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.
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /reˈkliː.ne/, [rɛˈklʲiːnɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /reˈkli.ne/, [reˈkliːne]
Adjective edit
reclīne
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
recline
- inflection of reclinar:
Spanish edit
Verb edit
recline
- inflection of reclinar: