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reclined

reclined is the simple past and past participle of recline.

Adjective

reclined (not comparable)

  1. In a reclining posture.
  2. Reclinate.

Meaning of recline

Verb

recline (third-person singular simple present reclines, present participle reclining, simple past and past participle reclined)

  1. (transitive) To cause to lean back; to bend back.
  2. (transitive) To put in a resting position.
    • She reclined her arms on the table and sighed.
  3. (intransitive) To lean back.
    • to recline against a wall
  4. (intransitive) To put oneself in a resting position.
    • to recline on a couch

See all 5 meanings of recline

Words formed from reclined

Questions about reclined

What does reclined mean?
Reclined means in a reclining posture.
What is reclined the simple past and past participle of?
Reclined is the simple past and past participle of recline.
What part of speech is reclined?
Reclined is an adjective.

Words near reclined in the dictionary

  1. reclinated
  2. reclination
  3. reclinations
  4. recline
  5. reclineable
  6. reclined
  7. reclinedst
  8. recliner
  9. recliners
  10. reclines
  11. reclinest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reclined (page history and authors); recline (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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