English-Thai Dictionary
recline
VI ทำให้ เอน ไป ข้างหลัง loll lean tam-hai-ang-pai-kang-lang
recline
VI เอนหลัง เอน พิง lean lie down ang-lang
recliner
N เก้าอี้ มี พนักพิง เอน ไป ด้านหลัง ได้ recliner chair kao-e-me-pa-nak-ping-ang-pai-kang-lang
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
RECLINE
v.t.[L. reclino; re and clino, to lean. ] To lean back; to lean to one side or sideways; as, to recline the head on a pillow, or on the bosom of another, or on the arm.
The mother reclin'd her dying head upon his breast.
RECLINE
v.i.To lean; to rest or repose; as, to recline on a couch.
RECLINE
a.[L. reclinis.] Leaning; being in a leaning posture. They sat recline on the soft downy bank damask'd with flowers. [Little used. ]
RECLINED
pp. Inclined back or sideways.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
RECLINE
Re *cline ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reclined; p. pr. & vb. n. Reclining. ]Etym: [L. reclinare; pref. re- re- + clinare to lean, incline. See Incline, Lean to incline. ]
Defn: To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc. , to place in a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand. The mother Reclined her dying head upon his breast. Dryden.
RECLINE
RECLINE Re *cline ", v. i.
1. To lean or incline; as, to recline against a wall.
2. To assume, or to be in, a recumbent position; as, to recline on a couch.
RECLINE
Re *cline ", a. Etym: [L. reclinis. See Recline, v. t.]
Defn: Having a reclining posture; leaning; reclining. [R.] They sat, recline On the soft downy bank, damasked with flowers. Milton.
RECLINED
RECLINED Re *clined ", a. (Bot. )
Defn: Falling or turned downward; reclinate.
RECLINER
RECLINER Re *clin "er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, reclines.
New American Oxford Dictionary
recline
re cline |riˈklīn rəˈklaɪn | ▶verb [ no obj. ] lean or lie back in a relaxed position with the back supported: she was reclining in a deck chair | (as adj. reclining ) : a reclining figure. • (of a seat ) be able to have the back moved into a sloping position: all the seats recline. • [ with obj. ] move the back of (a seat ) into a sloping position. DERIVATIVES re clin a ble adjective 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. ’
recliner
re clin er |riˈklīnər rəˈklaɪnər | ▶noun an upholstered armchair that can be tilted backward, esp. one with a footrest that simultaneously extends from the front.
Oxford Dictionary
recline
re |cline |rɪˈklʌɪn | ▶verb [ no obj. ] lean or lie back in a relaxed position with the back supported: she was reclining in a deckchair | (as adj. reclining ) : a reclining figure. • (of a seat ) be able to have the back moved into a sloping position: all the seats recline. DERIVATIVES reclinable adjective 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 ’.
recliner
re |cliner |rɪˈklʌɪnə | ▶noun a chair with a reclining back, especially one with an integral footrest.
American Oxford Thesaurus
recline
recline verb he kicked off his shoes and recllined on the sofa: lie, lie down, lie back, lean back; be recumbent; relax, repose, loll, lounge, sprawl, stretch out; literary couch.
Oxford Thesaurus
recline
recline verb his mother was reclining on the sofa: lie, lie down, lie back, lean back; be recumbent, be prone; rest, relax, repose; loll, lounge, sprawl, stretch out, drape oneself over; literary couch. ANTONYMS stand; sit up.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
recline
re cline /rɪkláɪn /〖re (後に )cline (曲げる )〗動詞 ～s /-z /; ～d /-d /; reclining 自動詞 1 ｟かたく ｠〈人が 〉 (くつろいで )【いすなどに 】もたれる (lean 1 ), 横たわる «in , on , against » ▸ a girl reclining in a chair いすにもたれている少女 2 〈座席などが 〉 (もたれやすいように )傾く ▸ a reclining seat [chair ]リクライニングチェア 他動詞 〈人が 〉 «…に » 〈体など 〉をもたせかける , 横たえる «on , against » ; 〈座席など 〉を傾ける ▸ recline one's body on a sofa ソファの上に体を横たえる
recliner
re cl í n er 名詞 C 1 ｟主に米 ｠リクライニングチェア (reclining chair ).2 寄りかかる [もたれかかる ]人 .
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