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recumbent

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re·cum·bent  (r-kmbnt)
adj.
1. Lying down, especially in a position of comfort or rest; reclining.
2. Resting; idle.
3. Biology Resting on the surface from which it arises. Used of an organ or other structure.

[Latin recumbns, recumbent-, present participle of recumbere, to lie down : re-, re- + cumbere, to lie.]

re·cumbence, re·cumben·cy n.
re·cumbent·ly adv.

recumbent
Adjective
lying down [Latin recumbere to lie back]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.recumbentrecumbent - lying down; in a position of comfort or rest
unerect - not upright in position or posture
Translations
recumbent
adj recumbent [rəˈkambənt]
lying down. lêend مُسْتَلْقٍ، مُضْطَجِع легнал ležící liggende liegend ξαπλωμένος acostado, reclinado, tumbado, recostado, yacente lamav خوابیده؛ خم makaava couché שָׁכוּב लेटा हुआ koji leži (počiva), naslonjen fekvő berbaring liggjandi út af reclinato 横になった 누운 gulintis, gulsčias guļošs; guļus baring liggend liggende, tilbakelent leżący reclinado culcat лежачий ležiaci ležeč koji leži tillbakalutad, liggande ซึ่งนอนลง boylu boyunca uzanmış 斜躺著的 лежачий لیٹا ہوا nằm nghiêng


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Yes, we became very wakeful; so much so that our recumbent position began to grow wearisome, and by little and little we found ourselves sitting up; the clothes well tucked around us, leaning against the head-board with our four knees drawn up close together, and our two noses bending over them, as if our knee-pans were warming-pans.
My attention was caught firstly by a bicycle lying carelessly on the turf, and secondly and lastly by a graceful woman's figure, recumbent and evidently sleeping against the turf bank, well tucked in among the afternoon shadows.
Unwilling to prolong a useless discussion, the young man affected to comply, by posting his back against the logs of the blockhouse, in a half recumbent posture, though resolutely determined, in his own mind, not to close an eye until he had delivered his precious charge into the arms of Munro himself.
 
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