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Definition of Reclining
1. Noun. The act of assuming or maintaining a reclining position.
Definition of Reclining
1. a. Bending or curving gradually back from the perpendicular.
Definition of Reclining
1. Adjective. (''Of a chair'') which can be reclined, can be moved into a more horizontal position. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of recline) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reclining
1. recline [v] - See also: recline
Medical Definition of Reclining
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Reclining
Literary usage of Reclining
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Joseph Csáky: A Pioneer of Modern Sculpture by Edith Balas (1998)
"Reclining Women Reclining figures have appeared throughout the history of ...
The reclining nudes of the Parthenon, the River Gods of the Capitoline Hill, ..."
2. Joseph Csáky: A Pioneer of Modern Sculpture by Edith Balas (1998)
"Reclining Women Reclining figures have appeared throughout the history of ...
The reclining nudes of the Parthenon, the River Gods of the Capitoline Hill, ..."
3. Dr. William Smith's Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities by William Smith (1892)
"145), but who afterwards adopted the habit of reclining, women and children excepted.
In the time of our Saviour reclining was the universal custom, ..."
4. Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Smith, Horatio Balch Hackett, Ezra Abbot (1872)
"As luxury increased, the practice of sitting was exchanged for that of reclining:
the first intimation of this occurs in the prophecies of Amos, ..."
5. The Diseases of Children: A Work for the Practising Physician by Meinhard von Pfaundler, Arthur Schlossmann (1912)
"Reclining board to correct a convex total scoliosis to the right. located ...
During recent years I have also made use of reclining boards which allow of a ..."
6. The Connoisseur by George Colman, B. Thornton (1905)
"When cardinals, ambassadors, and marshals of France crowded the " toilettes " of
the reigning favourite, and Madame de Pompadour, reclining TOILET SERVICE ..."
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