recline

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɹɪˈklaɪn/, /ɹəˈklaɪn/

Verb

recline (reclines, present participle reclining; 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.

   • 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

• German: zurücklehnen
• Portuguese: reclinar
• Russian: отки́дывать

Translations

• Portuguese: apoiar
• Russian: укла́дывать

Translations

• Portuguese: reclinar
• Russian: отки́дываться

Translations

• Portuguese: deitar
• Russian: полулежа́ть

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, "," 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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