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Definition of "reclining" []

  • Which can be reclined, can be moved into a more horizontal position. (adjective)
  • Present participle of recline. (verb)

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Use "reclining" in a sentence
  • "At .23 when you toss the cat toy by him and he gives it a few token bats with his paw while still reclining is hilarious."
  • "Each time it came, with its soft beauty, its languor of sweetness -- like a word reclining -- it flayed her soul alive, and showed her red, raw bareness."
  • "… that is, if three or four of the kids aren't dead before they're a year old and the rest don't end up in reclining wheelchairs for the whole of their lives with cerebral palsy."