recline

present singular third person reclines · participle present reclining · participle past reclined · past reclined · first person past singular reclined · archaic present second person singular reclinest · past second person singular reclined · archaic past second person singular reclinedst · present singular third person reclines · archaic present singular third person reclineth · past singular third person reclined · past plural reclined · past subjunctive reclined · participle present reclining · participle past reclined

1. transitiveTo cause to lean back; to bend back.
2. transitiveTo put in a resting position.

   She reclined her arms on the table and sighed.

   1 more example

   The mother, lovely tho' with grief oppreſt, / Reclin'd his dying head upon her breaſt.

   a. 1701 (date written), John Dryden, “On the Death of Amyntas. A Pastoral Elegy.”, in The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, […], volume II, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, […], published 1760, →OCLC, page 249

3. intransitiveTo lean back.

   to recline against a wall

4. intransitiveTo put oneself in a resting position.

   to recline on a couch

plural reclines

1. A mechanism for lowering the back of a seat to support a less upright position; Also, the action of lowering the back using such a mechanism.

   To gain a little more space, airlines are turning to a new generation of seats that use lighter materials and less padding, moving the magazine pocket above the tray table and even reducing or eliminating the recline in seats.

   2013 December 22, Jad Mouawad, Martha C. White, New York Times, retrieved 23 Dec 2013