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reclining
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lying down |
| Synonyms: | accumbency, decubitus, decumbency, reclination, recumbency |
| Antonyms: | sitting up, standing |
| Main Entry: | recline |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie down |
| Synonyms: | be recumbent, cant, heel, lay down, lean, lie, list, loll, lounge, repose, rest, slant, slope, sprawl, stretch, stretch out, tilt, tip |
| Antonyms: | sit up, straighten |
| Main Entry: | flat |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | level, smooth |
| Synonyms: | collapsed, complanate, decumbent, deflated, depressed, empty, even, extended, fallen, flush, horizontal, laid low, low, oblate, outstretched, pancake, planar, planate, plane, procumbent, prone, prostrate, punctured, reclining, recumbent, splay, spread out, supine, tabular, unbroken |
| Antonyms: | broken, elevated, raised, rough, rounded, rugged, uneven |
| Main Entry: | prone |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lying down |
| Synonyms: | decumbent, face down, flat, horizontal, level, procumbent, prostrate, reclining, recumbent, resupine, supine |
| Notes: | apt is for general probabilities, likely is for specific probabilities; liable and prone indicate a probability arising as a regrettable consequence prone is lying on your face (facing downwards) - which is also true for prostrate, but only in expressing adoration or begging for protection; supine is lying on your back supine is lying face upward, prone and prostrate are lying face downward - and prostrate suggests throwing oneself down, while recumbent is lying flat in any position |
| Antonyms: | sitting, straight, upright |
| Main Entry: | prostrate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flat, horizontal |
| Synonyms: | abject, bowed low, procumbent, prone, reclining, recumbent, supine |
| Notes: | prone is lying on your face (facing downwards) - which is also true for prostrate, but only in expressing adoration or begging for protection; supine is lying on your back prostate is the gland; prostrate means 'lying face down' supine is lying face upward, prone and prostrate are lying face downward - and prostrate suggests throwing oneself down, while recumbent is lying flat in any position |
| Antonyms: | erect, straight, upright, vertical |
| Main Entry: | recumbent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lying down |
| Synonyms: | decumbent, flat, horizontal, level, procumbent, prostrate, reclining, resupine, sprawling, supine |
| Notes: | supine is lying face upward, prone and prostrate are lying face downward - and prostrate suggests throwing oneself down, while recumbent is lying flat in any position |
| Main Entry: | relaxation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entertainment; resting or recovering |
| Synonyms: | alleviation, amusement, assuagement, diversion, enjoyment, fun, leisure, loosening, mitigation, pleasure, reclining, recreation, refreshment, relief, repose, requiescence, rest |
| Antonyms: | intensification, labor, work |
| Main Entry: | supine |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lying down |
| Synonyms: | decumbent, flat, flat on one's back, horizontal, level, procumbent, prone, prostrate, reclining, recumbent, stretched out |
| Notes: | prone is lying on your face (facing downwards) - which is also true for prostrate, but only in expressing adoration or begging for protection; supine is lying on your back supine is lying face upward, prone and prostrate are lying face downward - and prostrate suggests throwing oneself down, while recumbent is lying flat in any position |
| Main Entry: | resting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | taking rest |
| Synonyms: | asleep, at ease, at rest, comfortable, crashed, dozing, dreaming, drowsing, lounging, lying down, napping, quiet, recessing, reclining, relaxing, reposing, sleeping, snoozing, stretched out, taking a break, taking it easy, unwinding |
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