recline
IPA: rɪkɫˈaɪn
noun
- A mechanism for lowering the back of a seat to support a less upright position; Also, the action of lowering the back using such a mechanism.
verb
- (transitive) To cause to lean back; to bend back.
- (transitive) To put in a resting position.
- (intransitive) To lean back.
- (intransitive) To put oneself in a resting position.
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Examples of "recline" in Sentences
- He reclines on the table.
- Our seats do not recline.
- I recline in a den on the earth.
- The rear seat is larger and reclines.
- A recliner is a chair with a reclining back.
- No external power is required to operate the recliner.
- The chair did have a reclining seat, but you have to manually recline the chair.
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