Dictionary Entry
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
- 1transitive verb
To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc.; to place in a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand.
- 2intransitive verb
To lean or incline; as, to recline against a wall.
- 3intransitive verb
To assume, or to be in, a recumbent position; as, to recline on a couch.
- 4transitive verb
Having a reclining posture; leaning; reclining.
- 5verb
lean in a comfortable resting position
"He was reposing on the couch"
- 6verb
cause to recline
"She reclined her head on the pillow"
- 7verb
move the upper body backwards and down
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