reclining meaning: definition, quotations

reclining

adj

Capable of being reclined, or moved into a more horizontal position.

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences Bending away from the perpendicular; recumbent.

noun

Dated The act of one who reclines.

Mr. Disbrowe was reclining on a well-worn horsehair-covered sofa, his frequent reclinings on which piece of furniture had stamped a deep and quite ineffaceable impression of his weighty form upon the cushion.1865, Edward Dutton Cook, Sir Felix Foy, Bart., page 233:

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