Crossword clues for recumbent
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Recumbent \Re*cum"bent\ (-bet), a. [L. recumbens, -entis, p. pr. of recumbere. See Recumb, Incumbent.] Leaning; reclining; lying; as, the recumbent posture of the Romans at their meals. Hence, figuratively; Resting; inactive; idle. -- Re*cum"bent*ly, adv.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1705, from Latin recumbentem (nominative recumbens), present participle of recumbere "recline, lie down, lie down again;" of things, "to fall, sink down, settle down," from re- "back" (see re-) + -cumbere "to lie down" (see succumb). Related: Recumbency (1640s). A verb, recumb, has been attempted in English occasionally since 1670s.
Wiktionary
a. 1 lying down. 2 inactive; idle. n. A bicycle or tricycle that places the rider in a reclined posture.
WordNet
Wikipedia
Recumbent may refer to:
- Recumbence, the act or state of lying down or leaning
- Recumbent bicycle, a bicycle which places the rider in a seated or supine position
- Recumbent stone circles, a variation on the more familiar standard stone circles found throughout the UK
Usage examples of "recumbent".
Moreover, he never again took a willow tree for a model though he occasionally, in times of ground fog, found a niche in a hollow willow or deemed the thirsty eels on their way from the brook to the recumbent cows worthy of his attention.
He found her recumbent and had to extricate her feet from under a beam.
So are drawings, which over and over again have as their subject the indestructible Vienna roll with its hairy halo, as well as recumbent women viewed as Mantegna viewed the recumbent Christ, that is, by an eye situated between the soles of their feet.
His recumbent ear, which seems to be deaf to everyday sounds, hears pointers with the help of which the future can be manipulated.
The rat catcher scooped up a bloodied bayonet which lay at the feet of a soldier now using his automatic rifle, and stumbled over the recumbent figures and dead vermin towards Whittaker, knowing it would be too dangerous to use the rifle in the confined space.
Baudelio was working around the three recumbent forms, setting up intravenous stands, putting fluid bags in place.
Miguel had stepped forward in a rage and emptied another fusillade from his Sovietmade AK-47 into the recumbent body.
She forced herself to go at once to look at the recumbent body other father :m-law.
Tim did not move, watching the woman who, in her cool green linen dress, was as unmoving as the recumbent figure beside her, her tanned skin taking on the tones from the shadows of the nave.
Dinkle pointed at the recumbent Ulphan, who was showing the first signs of getting his breath back.
Troy knelt and then slid sideways into a twisted recumbent pose on the floor.
The first object is to obtain perfect rest and quiet, and assume the recumbent position.
To control the excessive flow, the patient should remain in her bed, and assume the recumbent position until the period is passed.
The greater ease with patients afflicted with stone experience in a recumbent position in bed, or on a sofa, compared with being in an erect posture, is easily explained.
The patient is compelled to assume a recumbent posture and is inclined to lie on the back, for in that position the sufferer experiences the least pressure of the vital organs against the peritoneum.