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reclining

reclining adjective: capable of being reclined, or moved into a more horizontal position. Also the present participle and gerund of recline.

Adjective

reclining (not comparable)

  1. Capable of being reclined, or moved into a more horizontal position.
    • a reclining armchair
  2. Bending away from the perpendicular; recumbent.

Noun

reclining (plural reclinings)

  1. (dated) The act of one who reclines.
    • Mr. Disbrowe was reclining on a well-worn horsehair-covered sofa, his frequent reclinings on which piece of furniture had stamped a deep and quite ineffaceable impression of his weighty form upon the cushion.1865, Edward Dutton Cook, Sir Felix Foy, Bart., page 233

Also used as

reclining is also the present participle and gerund of recline.

Forms of reclining

pluralreclinings

Words formed from reclining

Phrases with reclining

Questions about reclining

What does reclining mean?
Reclining means capable of being reclined, or moved into a more horizontal position.
What part of speech is reclining?
Reclining can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near reclining in the dictionary

  1. recliner
  2. recliners
  3. reclines
  4. reclinest
  5. reclineth
  6. reclining
  7. reclining board
  8. reclining boards
  9. reclinings
  10. reclip
  11. reclipped

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