different between reclining vs recumbent

reclining

English

Adjective

reclining (not comparable)

  1. Capable of being reclined, or moved into a more horizontal position.
    a reclining armchair
  2. (botany) Bending away from the perpendicular; recumbent.

Verb

reclining

  1. present participle of recline

Noun

reclining (plural reclinings)

  1. The act of one who reclines.
    • 1865, Edward Dutton Cook, Sir Felix Foy, Bart. (page 233)
      Mr. Disbrowe was reclining on a well-worn horsehair-covered sofa, his frequent reclinings on which piece of furniture had stamped a deep and quite ineffaceable impression of his weighty form upon the cushion.

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recumbent

English

Etymology

From Latin present participle recumb?ns, from recumbere, infinitive of recumb? (I recline).

Pronunciation

Adjective

recumbent (comparative more recumbent, superlative most recumbent)

  1. Lying down.
  2. Inactive; idle.

Translations

Noun

recumbent (plural recumbents)

  1. A bicycle or tricycle that places the rider in a reclined posture.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • accumbent
  • decumbent
  • diamond frame
  • prone
  • prostrate
  • supine

Further reading

  • recumbent bicycle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Verb

recumbent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of recumb?

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