recline
verb
- lean backwards
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈklaɪn/ / /ɹəˈklaɪn/
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin reclīnāre (“to bend back”). Compare decline, incline.
- 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.
“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.”
verb
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin reclīnāre (“to bend back”). Compare decline, incline.
- To cause to lean back; to bend back.
- To put in a resting position.
“She reclined her arms on the table and sighed.”
“The mother, lovely tho' with grief oppreſt, / Reclin'd his dying head upon her breaſt.”
- To lean back.
“to recline against a wall”
- To put oneself in a resting position.
“to recline on a couch”