recline

recline is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc.; to place in a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc.; to place in a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand.
2. intransitive verb. To lean or incline; as, to recline against a wall.
3. intransitive verb. To assume, or to be in, a recumbent position; as, to recline on a couch.
4. transitive verb. Having a reclining posture; leaning; reclining.
5. verb. lean in a comfortable resting position

   "He was reposing on the couch"

   Synonyms: recumb, repose

6. verb. cause to recline

   "She reclined her head on the pillow"

7. verb. move the upper body backwards and down

Synonyms

recumb, repose

Common word forms

reclined, recliner, reclines, reclining

Words from these letters

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