Recline
verb
To lean or lie back in a relaxed position with your body resting against a surface.
After dinner, I like to recline on my sofa and read a book.
Often appears as...
- recline on a chair
- recline in the sun
verb
To move the back of a seat to a leaning position.
Please do not recline your seat during takeoff and landing.
Often appears as...
- recline the seat
- recline the chair
verb
To lean or lie back in a relaxed position with your body resting against a surface.
After dinner, I like to recline on my sofa and read a book.
Often appears as...
- recline on a chair
- recline in the sun
verb
To move the back of a seat to a leaning position.
Please do not recline your seat during takeoff and landing.
Often appears as...
- recline the seat
- recline the chair
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Relaxed Posture
Use to describe comfort and relaxation, often in a home or casual setting.
She reclined on the hammock, soaking up the calm afternoon.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Asleep
Reclining implies a state of rest, but not necessarily sleeping.
He reclined in the shade, watching the clouds drift by.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Support
Implies leaning against something that supports your weight.
She reclined against the pillows piled up at the head of the bed.
Pro Tip 1/3Relaxed Posture
Use to describe comfort and relaxation, often in a home or casual setting.
She reclined on the hammock, soaking up the calm afternoon.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Asleep
Reclining implies a state of rest, but not necessarily sleeping.
He reclined in the shade, watching the clouds drift by.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Support
Implies leaning against something that supports your weight.
She reclined against the pillows piled up at the head of the bed.
Pro Tip 1/3Relaxed Posture
Use to describe comfort and relaxation, often in a home or casual setting.
She reclined on the hammock, soaking up the calm afternoon.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Asleep
Reclining implies a state of rest, but not necessarily sleeping.
He reclined in the shade, watching the clouds drift by.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Support
Implies leaning against something that supports your weight.
She reclined against the pillows piled up at the head of the bed.
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Video examples
Bruce Feiler: Agile...
poured herself a cup of coffee, sat in a reclining chair, and she sat there, kind of amiably talking to each of her children as one after the other they came downstairs, checked the list, made themselves breakfast, checked the list again, put the dishes in the dishwasher, rechecked the list, fed the pets or whatever chores they had,
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Safari Live - Day 249 PIPE...
on his log making him feel very comfortable I would imagine just now at one point yet that leg completely stretched over that log come and the tresses oh he kind of was flexing his leg out and he looks very very very kind of relaxed and as though he was reclining at a swimming pool on the
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How ancient art...
a distinctive reclining statue from the Toltec-Maya culture. Pre-Columbian art was also a major influence for Josef Albers. He created a series of compositions, such as the geometrical series Homage to the Square, that were inspired by pyramids and local art
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How to stay calm when...
got my passport, raced back to the airport, I made it just in time, but they had given away my seat to someone else, so I got stuck in the back of the plane, next to the bathrooms, in a seat that wouldn't recline, on an eight-hour flight.
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Palenque and the Ancient...
well that's absolutely wrong he's not falling into the underworld he is rising in the East as the newborn son as the newborn Mays God and you're seeing him in this really strange pose right here as an infant kind of reclining on his
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The Real Origin of the...
exercise and breathing." She was very practical about it. She even designed the first reclining shampoo chair, though she neglected to patent the invention. Martha's salon was a huge success. Celebrities came from out of town
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How the bendy straw was...
to hospitals to help patients drink while reclining, but eventually, with the marketing and business savvy from his sister Betty, the bendy straw becomes a beloved utensil of every child and a regular household item.
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Niels Diffrient:...
grab a little bit of aesthetic operation, aesthetic performance into a product. The next area that was of interest to me was the fact that reclining was a very important factor.
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Caught in the Act of...
is open we roll up because I'll recline do you do the math and all that no I can say that because I don't really yeah you didn't do anything I don't know you just
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A glimpse of teenage...
the men return for a celebratory dinner. Dinner is an intimate affair, with nine people reclining around the low table. Slaves attend to their every need
Video examples
Bruce Feiler: Agile...
poured herself a cup of coffee, sat in a reclining chair, and she sat there, kind of amiably talking to each of her children as one after the other they came downstairs, checked the list, made themselves breakfast, checked the list again, put the dishes in the dishwasher, rechecked the list, fed the pets or whatever chores they had,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 249 PIPE...
on his log making him feel very comfortable I would imagine just now at one point yet that leg completely stretched over that log come and the tresses oh he kind of was flexing his leg out and he looks very very very kind of relaxed and as though he was reclining at a swimming pool on the
Video examples
How ancient art...
a distinctive reclining statue from the Toltec-Maya culture. Pre-Columbian art was also a major influence for Josef Albers. He created a series of compositions, such as the geometrical series Homage to the Square, that were inspired by pyramids and local art
Video examples
How to stay calm when...
got my passport, raced back to the airport, I made it just in time, but they had given away my seat to someone else, so I got stuck in the back of the plane, next to the bathrooms, in a seat that wouldn't recline, on an eight-hour flight.
Video examples
Palenque and the Ancient...
well that's absolutely wrong he's not falling into the underworld he is rising in the East as the newborn son as the newborn Mays God and you're seeing him in this really strange pose right here as an infant kind of reclining on his
Video examples
The Real Origin of the...
exercise and breathing." She was very practical about it. She even designed the first reclining shampoo chair, though she neglected to patent the invention. Martha's salon was a huge success. Celebrities came from out of town
Video examples
How the bendy straw was...
to hospitals to help patients drink while reclining, but eventually, with the marketing and business savvy from his sister Betty, the bendy straw becomes a beloved utensil of every child and a regular household item.
Video examples
Niels Diffrient:...
grab a little bit of aesthetic operation, aesthetic performance into a product. The next area that was of interest to me was the fact that reclining was a very important factor.
Video examples
Caught in the Act of...
is open we roll up because I'll recline do you do the math and all that no I can say that because I don't really yeah you didn't do anything I don't know you just
Video examples
A glimpse of teenage...
the men return for a celebratory dinner. Dinner is an intimate affair, with nine people reclining around the low table. Slaves attend to their every need
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Peter Crouch
English Athlete
I once walked out of a nightclub with my team-mates to see our star midfielder reclining across the bonnet of a Ferrari, arms folded, waiting for girls to come out so he could wink at them and then progress it from there. I have no idea how long he'd been waiting. I do know it wasn't even his Ferrari.
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Henry Moore
English Sculptor
There are three fundamental poses of the human figure. One is standing. The other is seated, and the third is lying down... Of the three poses, the reclining figure gives the most freedom, compositionally and spatially.
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Sue Townsend
English Novelist
I always write back to people who are kind enough to write to me. Actually, I don't write - I recline on my red velvet sofa with my feet on the coffee table and dictate the letters to my eldest son.
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Walter Scott
Scottish Novelist
How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.
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Ari Shaffir
American Comedian
I've fallen asleep at red lights before. Not like passed out, but like I've put the parking break on and reclined my seat and taken a nap.
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Peter Crouch
English Athlete
I once walked out of a nightclub with my team-mates to see our star midfielder reclining across the bonnet of a Ferrari, arms folded, waiting for girls to come out so he could wink at them and then progress it from there. I have no idea how long he'd been waiting. I do know it wasn't even his Ferrari.
Quote examples
Henry Moore
English Sculptor
There are three fundamental poses of the human figure. One is standing. The other is seated, and the third is lying down... Of the three poses, the reclining figure gives the most freedom, compositionally and spatially.
Quote examples
Sue Townsend
English Novelist
I always write back to people who are kind enough to write to me. Actually, I don't write - I recline on my red velvet sofa with my feet on the coffee table and dictate the letters to my eldest son.
Quote examples
Walter Scott
Scottish Novelist
How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.
Quote examples
Ari Shaffir
American Comedian
I've fallen asleep at red lights before. Not like passed out, but like I've put the parking break on and reclined my seat and taken a nap.
Example 1 of 5
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