recline

«recline» in Mova's school dictionary: To lean or lie back in a relaxed way, often resting on… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (reclines, reclined, reclining)

meaning for a pupil

To lean or lie back in a relaxed way, often resting on something. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories, a person or animal lying down comfortably on grass, a bed or cushions

examples

• Grandad likes to recline in his armchair after lunch. tree →
• The cat reclined on the warm rug. tree →
• She reclined against a pile of cushions and read. tree →

note

nothing for maths.

In the corpora

• Let now a little water be fetched, and wash your feet, and recline yourselves under the tree.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «recline» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.