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Antonyms for reclining

Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : ri-klahyn
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈklaɪn


Definition of reclining

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]
  • adj lying
  • noun lying down
Example sentences :
  • Pericles went to seek his son, and found him reclining on the couch where he had left him.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Reclining at their feet were the three girls, tired out by the afternoon's play.
  • Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
  • Wilhelmine rose from the divan on which she had been reclining.
  • Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre
  • Reclining on his divan he looked her up and down with a languid eye.
  • Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini
  • Nor will any one invite me in hopes of reclining at my board in his turn.
  • Extract from : « The Symposium » by Xenophon
  • Lulu sprang from the arms of a man on whose shoulder she had been reclining.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • Dain Waris, reclining on his elbow, bade him speak and tell all the news.
  • Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad
  • Mr. Holiday was reclining on a couch in the room, and Mrs. Holiday had been reading to him.
  • Extract from : « Rollo in Paris » by Jacob Abbott
  • Though within ten feet, he has not noticed me reclining in a steamer-chair on deck.
  • Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee
  • Some days Sanjib Babu would be there reclining on his bolster.
  • Extract from : « My Reminiscences » by Rabindranath Tagore

Synonyms for reclining

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