recline
[verb]
Synonyms: lean, lie (down), loll, lounge, repose, rest, sprawl

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re‧cline /rɪˈklaɪn/ verb
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French; Origin: recliner, from Latin reclinare, from clinare 'to bend']

1. [intransitive] formal to lie or lean back in a relaxed way
recline in/on
I spent Sunday reclining in a deck chair.
A solitary figure was reclining on the grass.

2. [intransitive and transitive] if you recline a seat, or if it reclines, you lower the back of the seat so that you can lean back in it
reclining seat/chair

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