recline

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verb

1. move the upper body backwards and down
• Syn:
lean back
• Derivationally related forms:
reclining
• Hypernyms:
lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle
• Hyponyms:
fall back
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
2. cause to recline
- She reclined her head on the pillow
• Derivationally related forms:
recliner
• Hypernyms:
put, set, place, pose, position, lay
• Verb Group:
recumb, repose
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. lean in a comfortable resting position
- He was reposing on the couch
• Syn:
recumb, repose
• Derivationally related forms:
reclining, repose (for: repose), recumbent (for: recumb)
• Hypernyms:
lie
• Hyponyms:
rest
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
- The children recline in the rocking chair
- There recline some children in the rocking chair

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  recumb, repose, lean back