'Reclining' definitions:
Definition of 'reclining'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of assuming or maintaining a reclining position
Definition of 'Reclining'
From: GCIDE
- Recline \Re*cline"\ (r[-e]*kl[imac]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reclined (r[-e]*kl[imac]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reclining.] [L. reclinare; pref. re- re- + clinare to lean, incline. See Incline, Lean to incline.] To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc.; to place in a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand. [1913 Webster]
- The mother Reclined her dying head upon his breast. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Reclining'
From: GCIDE
- Reclining \Re*clin"ing\, a. (Bot.) (a) Bending or curving gradually back from the perpendicular. (b) Recumbent. [1913 Webster]
- Reclining dial, a dial whose plane is inclined to the vertical line through its center. --Davies & Peck (Math. Dict.). [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'reclining'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accubation,
- accumbency,
- accumbent,
- couchancy,
- couchant,
- couche,
- crawling,
- debasement,
- decumbency,
- decumbent,
- depression,
- draped,
- flat,
- groveling,
- loll,
- lolling,
- lounging,
- lowness,
- lying,
- lying down,
- procumbent,
- prone,
- proneness,
- prostrate,
- prostration,
- reclination,
- recumbency,
- recumbent,
- repose,
- reposing,
- resupine,
- shortness,
- sprawl,
- sprawled,
- sprawling,
- spread,
- squatness,
- squattiness,
- stumpiness,
- subjacency,
- supine,
- supineness