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reclining

Main Entry:
reclining
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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