MEANING
To lean or lie back in a resting position.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- recline on a couch
- recline in a chair
On the page
She reclined on the narrow couch with the unread letter beside her.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- recline
- Past tense
- reclined
- Past participle
- reclined
- Present participle
- reclining
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- recline
- Present continuous
- am/is/are reclining
- Present perfect
- have/has reclined
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been reclining
- Past
- reclined
- Past continuous
- was/were reclining
- Past perfect
- had reclined
- Past perfect continuous
- had been reclining
- Future
- will recline
- Future continuous
- will be reclining
- Future perfect
- will have reclined
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been reclining
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: recline; reclines; reclined; reclined; reclining Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: reclines.
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