recline

1. (transitive)To cause to lean back; to bend back.

   zurücklehnen

   отки́дыватьotkídyvatʹ, отки́нутьotkínutʹ

   cause to recline

2. (transitive)To put in a resting position.

   She reclined her arms on the table and sighed.

   hinlegen

   укла́дыватьukládyvatʹ, уложи́тьuložítʹ

   lean in a comfortable resting position

3. (intransitive)To lean back.

   to recline against a wall

   anlehnen

   отки́дыватьсяotkídyvatʹsja, отки́нутьсяotkínutʹsja

4. (intransitive)To put oneself in a resting position.

   to recline on a couch

   полулежа́тьpoluležátʹ, сиде́ть отки́нувшисьsidétʹ otkínuvšisʹ

1. That seat reclines further.

   deDer Sitz lässt sich weiter nach hinten lehnen.

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2. And then I woke up in a reclining armchair with a slice of my birthday cake on my chest.

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3. The young warrior did not recline in the shadow of his birchen lodge enjoying the comforts of summer life in mid forest.

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4. There, flocking in, the Trojans and their King / recline on purple coverlets outspread.

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5. There, entering too, on broidered seats recline / the Tyrians, crowding through the festive court.

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