Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reclining

/ɹɪklˈaɪnɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.91 in modern English

Syllables: re-clin-ing
IPA: /ɹɪklˈaɪnɪŋ/

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable of being reclined, or moved into a more horizontal position.

adj

Bending away from the perpendicular; recumbent.

verb

present participle and gerund of recline

noun

The act of one who reclines.

Dated

Example Sentences

"a reclining armchair"
"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."

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

reclinings (plural)

Derived Forms

nonreclining unreclining

Phrases

reclining board

Rhymes With

mining signing dining shining defining combining designing lining declining whining refining assigning

Questions

How do you pronounce reclining?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɪklˈaɪnɪŋ/.
What does reclining mean?: Capable of being reclined, or moved into a more horizontal position.

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