Crossword clues for reclining
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Reclining \Re*clin"ing\, a. (Bot.)
Bending or curving gradually back from the perpendicular.
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Recumbent.
Reclining dial, a dial whose plane is inclined to the vertical line through its center.
--Davies & Peck (Math. Dict.).
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.
The mother
Reclined her dying head upon his breast.
--Dryden.
Wiktionary
Capable of being reclined, or moved into a more horizontal position. n. The act of one who reclines. v
(present participle of recline English)
WordNet
n. the act of assuming or maintaining a reclining position
Usage examples of "reclining".
Dushau gravity in a comfortably appointed interior, fifteen red multispecies reclining chairs, adjustable light and gravity at each, ample personal cargo stowage, and a drop-platform to a cargo bay below the cabin.
Truman had thrown himself into a reclining chair in his little parlor, while Mrs.
She had been reclining in a hammock, and at sound of his voice struggled suddenly to a sitting posture, a low cry on her lips.
Blakely wakened, hours later, the sight that met him, dimly comprehending, was that of a blue-coated soldier snoozing in a reclining chair, a blue-blanketed Indian girl seated on the floor near the foot of his bed, looking with all her soul in her gaze straight into his wondering eyes.
The tiers were padded for reclining, too large to be easy steps for a human.
The most striking of the trio was a young Hutt, reclining with a bored expression and an impatient twitch in his thickly muscled tail.
Data Process or cook or clean, or nurture, or finally even move, simply reclining in a custom-designed 1.
He spotted Antigonus, reclining and enjoying the ministrations of a lovely Numidian slave girl.
Julia was in the triclinium with Primus, reclining comfortably on one of the couches and laughing at one of his salacious jokes.
The general rest-hall was populated by reclining patients, reading, writing, or conversing.
He plucked a bottle of whiskey from the group on a shelf beneath the portrait of a reclining nude.
Alice reclining on the bed next to the pillow still bearing the imprint of his head.
She sat back on the altar, reclining again on one elbow with an air of amusement, and watched him.
The masked and cloaked lady floating in the air just above their reach, reclining at her ease on nothing, was all too familiar.
Late the same evening he was reclining with Quintal on a mat spread before the doorstep.