recline
A mechanism for lowering the back of a seat to support a less upright positionA mechanism for lowering the back of a seat to support a less upright position; Also, the action of lowering the back using such a mechanism.
» That seat reclines further.
Der Sitz lässt sich weiter nach hinten lehnen.
Meaning
1 sensesA mechanism for lowering the back of a seat to support a less upright position; Also, the action of lowering the back using such a mechanism.
Examples
5 sentencesThat seat reclines further.
deDer Sitz lässt sich weiter nach hinten lehnen. — Yorwba
And then I woke up in a reclining armchair with a slice of my birthday cake on my chest.
The young warrior did not recline in the shadow of his birchen lodge enjoying the comforts of summer life in mid forest.
There, flocking in, the Trojans and their King / recline on purple coverlets outspread.
There, entering too, on broidered seats recline / the Tyrians, crowding through the festive court.
Origin
Borrowed from Latin reclīnāre (“to bend back”). Compare decline, incline.Borrowed from Latin reclīnāre (“to bend back”). Compare decline, incline.
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