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reclines

reclines is the third-person singular simple present indicative of recline.

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

Questions about reclines

What is reclines the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Reclines is the third-person singular simple present indicative of recline.

Words near reclines in the dictionary

  1. reclineable
  2. reclined
  3. reclinedst
  4. recliner
  5. recliners
  6. reclines
  7. reclinest
  8. reclineth
  9. reclining
  10. reclining board
  11. reclining boards

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reclines (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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