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Antonyms for re-clines
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : ri-klahyn |
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈklaɪn |
- abbreviate
- achieve
- activate
- agitate
- ascend
- be active
- be honest
- be upright
- block
- carry out
- cease
- close
- compress
- conceal
- concentrate
- contract
- curtail
- decline
- decrease
- deflate
- dislike
- disregard
- do
- end
- energize
- even
- excite
- exclude
- fill
- forget
- go up
- grow
- halt
- hide
- hold
- hustle
- increase
- irritate
- lessen
- level
- lie
- lower
- move
- narrow
- neglect
- not like
- place
- prepare
- push
- ready
- repel
- repulse
- rise
- shorten
- shrink
- sit up
- sit up straight
- stand
- stay
- stop
- straighten
- surrender
- tangle
- tense
- twist
- walk
- wind
- worry
- yield
Definition of re-clines
Origin :- early 15c., from Old French recliner "rest, lay; bend, lean over" (13c.) and directly from Latin reclinare "to bend back, to lean back; cause to lean," from re- "back, against" (see re-) + clinare "to bend," from PIE *klei-n-, suffixed form of *klei "to lean" (see lean (v.)). Related: Reclined; reclining.
- Recline is always as strong as lean, and generally stronger, indicating a more completely recumbent position, and approaching lie. [Century Dictionary]
- As in incline : verb bend, lean
- As in kick back : verb relax
- As in lean : verb bend, angle toward
- As in lie : verb be prostrate, flat
- As in list : verb lean, slant
- As in loll : verb lay sprawled
- As in lounge : verb lie about, waste time
- As in recline : verb lie down
- As in relax : verb be or feel at ease
- As in rest : verb be calm; sleep
- As in slope : verb slant, tilt
- As in sprawl : verb sit or lie spread out
- As in stretch : verb extend, elongate
- As in tilt : verb lean, slant
- As in tip : verb knock over; cause to lean
- As in unwind : verb relax
- As in cant : verb lean, slant
- As in spread-eagle : verb sprawl
Synonyms for re-clines
- aim
- amplify
- angle
- ascend
- bank
- be at ease
- be comfortable
- be off
- be prone
- be recumbent
- be slanted
- be supine
- bear on
- beetle
- bend
- bevel
- bow
- branch out
- breathe
- breathe easy
- bridge
- bum
- burst forth
- calm
- calm down
- cant
- capsize
- careen
- catch one's breath
- chill out
- cock
- collect oneself
- compose oneself
- cool off
- couch
- cover
- crane
- curve
- dangle
- dawdle
- decline
- deflect
- descend
- develop
- deviate
- dip
- distend
- diverge
- divert
- doze
- drag out
- drape
- draw
- draw out
- dream
- drift
- droop
- drop
- drop away
- drowse
- dump
- ease off
- ease up
- empty
- expand
- extend
- fall
- fasten on
- feel at home
- fill
- flap
- flop
- fritter away
- go
- go to bed
- goldbrick
- goof off
- grade
- grow
- hang
- hang loose
- hang on
- heel
- idle
- incline
- inflate
- jut
- kill time
- knock off
- lay
- lay down
- laze
- lean
- lengthen
- let down
- let oneself go
- let up
- level
- lie
- lie by
- lie down
- lie out
- lie spread-eagle
- lie still
- list
- loaf
- loiter
- loll
- loosen up
- lounge
- lower
- lurch
- magnify
- make
- make oneself at home
- make taut
- make tense
- mellow out
- nap
- nod
- open
- overhang
- overlap
- overset
- overturn
- pad
- pass time
- pitch
- place
- point
- pour
- prolong
- prolongate
- prop
- protract
- pull
- pull out
- put feet up
- put one's feet up
- put weight on
- pyramid
- quiet down
- quieten
- rack
- rake
- ramble
- range
- reach
- recline
- refresh oneself
- relax
- repose
- rest
- rest on
- retire
- rise
- roll
- run
- sag
- saunter
- seesaw
- set at an angle
- settle back
- sheer
- shelve
- shift
- shoot up
- siesta
- simmer down
- sink
- sit
- sit around
- sit back
- sit down
- skew
- slack
- slack off
- slacken
- slant
- sleep
- slope
- slouch
- slow down
- slumber
- slump
- snooze
- soften
- span
- spell
- spill
- spin out
- splay
- sprawl
- spread
- spread out
- spring up
- stoop
- stop work
- straddle
- straggle
- strain
- stretch
- stretch out
- string out
- swag
- sway
- swell
- take a break
- take a breather
- take a load off
- take a nap
- take five
- take it easy
- take life easy
- take one's time
- take ten
- take time out
- tauten
- tend
- tighten
- tilt
- tip
- topple
- topple over
- trail
- train
- tranquilize
- turn
- turn in
- turn over
- twist
- unbend
- unfold
- unlax
- unload
- unroll
- unwind
- upend
- upset
- upturn
- veer
- widen
- wind down
- yaw
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