different between recline vs laydown

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin recl?n?re (“to bend back”). Confer decline, incline.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???kla?n/, /???kla?n/
• Rhymes: -a?n

Verb

recline (third-person singular simple present reclines, present participle reclining, simple past and past participle reclined)

1. (transitive) To cause to lean back; to bend back.
2. (transitive) To put in a resting position.
3. (intransitive) To lean back.

4. (intransitive) To put oneself in a resting position.

Translations

See also

• decline; incline; lie down; lie back

Noun

recline (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.
   • 2013 Dec. 22, Jad Mouawad and Martha C. White, "[1]," New York Times (retrieved 23 December 2013):

     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.

Spanish

Verb

recline

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of reclinar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of reclinar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of reclinar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of reclinar.

English

Etymology

From the verb phrase lay down.

Noun

laydown (countable and uncountable, plural laydowns)

1. (usually uncountable) The act of laying something down
2. (publishing) A physical mockup or layout of a page design
3. (military) A pattern of deployment
4. (bridge) A hand which is so strong that the declarer can simply expose it and claim the number of tricks required by his or her contract
5. (fishing) A tree fallen in water, where anglers might target fish

Adjective

laydown (not comparable)

1. Of packaging: designed to lie flat rather than stand upright.
   • 1997, National Petroleum News (volume 89, issues 7-13, page 52)

     Most C-store category managers prefer pegboard to bagged, and many have stopped carrying laydown bags.

2. Of (usually nuclear) bomb delivery: designed to land on the ground and wait for some time before detonation.

Related terms

• lay down

See also

• laydown on Wikipedia.Wikipedia