recline
verb
[ rɪˈklʌɪn ]
• lean or lie back in a relaxed position with the back supported.
• "she was reclining in a deckchair"
Similar:
lie,
lie down,
lie back,
lean back,
be recumbent,
be prone,
rest,
relax,
repose,
loll,
lounge,
sprawl,
stretch out,
drape oneself over,
couch,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘cause to lean back’): from Old French recliner or Latin reclinare ‘bend back, recline’, from re- ‘back’ + clinare ‘to bend’.
