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recline

DEFINITIONS OF: recline

1

v move the upper body backwards and down

Synonyms:
lean back
Types:
fall back
fall backwards and down
Type of:
angle, lean, slant, tilt, tip
to incline or bend from a vertical position

v lean in a comfortable resting position

Synonyms:
recumb, repose
Types:
rest
be at rest
catch some Z's, kip, log Z's, sleep, slumber
be asleep
drowse
be on the verge of sleeping
Type of:
lie
be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position

v cause to recline

“She reclined her head on the pillow”
Synonyms
recumb, repose
lean in a comfortable resting position
Type of:
lay, place, pose, position, put, set
put into a certain place or abstract location
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