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recumbent [rɪˈkʌmbənt] adj
1. lying down; reclining 2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) (of a part or organ) leaning or resting against another organ or the ground a recumbent stem 3. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) (of a fold in a rock formation) in which the axial plane is nearly horizontal [from Latin recumbere to lie back, from re- + cumbere to lie] recumbence , recumbency n recumbently adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
recumbent 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 누워 있는 gulintis, gulsčias guļošs; guļus baring liggend liggende, tilbakelent leżący reclinado culcat лежачий ležiaci ležeč koji leži tillbakalutad, liggande ซึ่งนอนลง boylu boyunca uzanmış 躺著的 лежачий لیٹا ہوا nằm nghiêng 斜躺着的 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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