Dictionary

recline en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɹəˈklaɪn/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɹɪˈklaɪn/

Etymology

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

Meanings

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.
   • 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. 2013 December 22, Jad Mouawad, Martha C. White, New York Times, retrieved 23 Dec 2013:

Forms

recline en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ɹəˈklaɪn/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɹɪˈklaɪn/

Etymology

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

Meanings

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, lovely tho' with grief oppreſt, / Reclin'd his dying head upon her breaſt. 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:
3. (intransitive) To lean back.
   • to recline against a wall
4. (intransitive) To put oneself in a resting position.
   • to recline on a couch

Forms

Deriveds

reclinable · recliner

Relateds

lie down · incline · lie back · decline

Translations (37)

bg облягам (to cause to lean back; to bend back) · ru уложи́ть (to put in a resting position) · bg опирам се (to lean back) · pt reclinar (to lean back) · fi käydä pitkäkseen (to put oneself in a resting position) · pt deitar (to put oneself in a resting position) · fa بر پشت دراز کشیدن (to cause to lean back; to bend back) · fi nojautua (to lean back) · mi tīpapa (to put oneself in a resting position) · ru отки́дывать (to cause to lean back; to bend back) · bo གཞོགས་སྙེས་རྒྱག (to put in a resting position) · ru отки́нуться (to lean back) · sa श्रयति (to put in a resting position) · de anlehnen (to lean back) · ru отки́дываться (to lean back) · ru укла́дывать (to put in a resting position) · fi asettaa (to put in a resting position) · de zurücklehnen (to cause to lean back; to bend back) · bo གན་རྐྱལ་ཉལ (to put oneself in a resting position) · bg облягам се (to lean back) · ru полулежа́ть (to put oneself in a resting position) · bo སྙེས (to lean back) · la reclīnō (to lean back) · gl reclinar (to cause to lean back; to bend back) · ru сиде́ть отки́нувшись (to put oneself in a resting position) · de hinlegen (to put in a resting position) · pt apoiar (to put in a resting position) · he הֵסֵב (to put oneself in a resting position) · fi panna nojalleen (to cause to lean back; to bend back) · bo བཀྱེད (to cause to lean back; to bend back) · rap moe (to put oneself in a resting position) · bg облягам (to put in a resting position) · mi noho (to put oneself in a resting position) · pt reclinar (to cause to lean back; to bend back) · fi panna (to put in a resting position) · bg излягам се (to put oneself in a resting position) · ru отки́нуть (to cause to lean back; to bend back)