Synonyms for recumbent

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ri-kuhm-buhnt

Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈkʌm bənt

Définition of recumbent

Origin : 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.

adj lying down

Example sentences :

As he approached the recumbent figure he yelled a panted "Hi, there!"
Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln

"Truss him up, Kenneth," he commanded, pointing to the recumbent figure.
Extract from : « The Tavern Knight » by Rafael Sabatini

The repulsive task of searching the recumbent figure now lay before him.
Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs

My eyes, accustomed to obscurity, traced an indistinct and recumbent form.
Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

The recumbent figure in bed seemed to have actually succumbed to sleep.
Extract from : « Snow-Bound at Eagle's » by Bret Harte

He raised the recumbent figure to a couch, and then looked at the wound.
Extract from : « An Old Meerschaum » by David Christie Murray

Jackson, riding by a recumbent group, spoke from the saddle.
Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston

There was probably a recumbent figure on the top, but it has long since disappeared.
Extract from : « Ely Cathedral » by Anonymous

It represented a recumbent Sappho playing on a nine-stringed lyre.
Extract from : « Manasseh » by Maurus Jokai

When this fancy occurred, I started from my recumbent posture.
Extract from : « Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 461 » by Various

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