recline

intransitive verb

To lean back or lie down on one’s back.

intransitive verb

To be adjustable so that the occupant may recline rather than sit up.

intransitive verb

To cause to recline.

To lean backward or downward upon something; rest in a recumbent posture.

To bend downward; lean; have a leaning posture.

Synonyms Recline is always as strong as lean, and generally stronger, indicating a more completely recumbent position, and approaching lie.

To plaee at rest in a leaning or recumbent posture; lean or settle down upon something: as, to recline the head on a pillow, or upon one’s arm.

Leaning; being in a reclining posture.

transitive verb

To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc.; to place in a recumbent position.

intransitive verb

To lean or incline.