recline
/ɹɪˈklaɪn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.51 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "She reclined her arms on the table and sighed."
- "The mother, lovely tho' with grief oppreſt, / Reclin'd his dying head upon her breaſt."
- "to recline against a wall"
- "to recline on a couch"
- "To gain a little more space, airlines are turning to a new generation of seats that use lighter materials and less padding, moving the magazine pocket above the tray table and even reducing or eliminating the recline in seats."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *ḱley-, reclino
Usage
Inflected Forms
reclines (present, singular)
reclining (participle, present)
reclined (participle, past)
reclined (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
reclined (first person, past)
reclinest (archaic, present)
reclined (past, second person)
reclinedst (archaic, past)
reclineth (archaic, present)
reclined (past, singular)