recumbent

recumbent
Synonyms and related words:
accumbent, aslant, aslope, atilt, bevel, beveled, bias, biased, canting, careening, couchant, couche, crawling, crouched, debased, decumbent, depressed, draped, flat, groveling, horizontal, inclinational, inclinatory, inclined, inclining, knee-high, knocked flat, laid low, leaning, listing, lolling, lounging, low, low-built, low-hung, low-level, low-leveled, low-lying, low-set, low-statured, lying, lying down, neap, out of plumb, out of square, pitched, procumbent, prone, prostrate, raking, reclining, reposing, resupine, runty, shelving, shelvy, short, sideling, sidelong, slant, slanted, slanting, slantways, slantwise, sloped, sloping, sprawled, sprawling, spread, squat, squatty, stooped, stretched out, stumpy, supine, tilted, tilting, tipped, tipping, tipsy, unelevated

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  • Recumbent — may refer to:* Recumbent bicycle, a bicycle which places the rider in a seated or supine position * Recumbent stone circles, a variation on the more familiar standard stone circles found throughout the UK …   Wikipedia

  • Recumbent — Re*cum bent ( bet), a. [L. recumbens, entis, p. pr. of recumbere. See {Recumb}, {Incumbent}.] Leaning; reclining; lying; as, the recumbent posture of the Romans at their meals. Hence, figuratively; Resting; inactive; idle. {Re*cum bent*ly}, adv.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • recumbent — index inactive, passive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • recumbent — 1640s (implied in recumbency), from L. recumbentem (nom. recumbens), prp. of recumbere to recline, from re back (see RE (Cf. re )) + cumbere to lie down, related to cubare be lying (see CUBICLE (Cf …   Etymology dictionary

  • recumbent — *prone, supine, prostrate, couchant, dormant Antonyms: upright, erect …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • recumbent — [adj] lying down decumbent, flat, horizontal, level, procumbent, prostrate, reclining, resupine, sprawling, supine; concept 583 …   New thesaurus

  • recumbent — ► ADJECTIVE 1) lying down. 2) (of a plant) growing close to the ground. DERIVATIVES recumbency noun. ORIGIN from Latin recumbere recline …   English terms dictionary

  • recumbent — [ri kum′bənt] adj. [L recumbens, prp. of recumbere < re , back + cumbere; akin to cubare, to lie down: see CUBE1] 1. a) lying down; reclining; leaning b) resting; idle 2. Biol. designating a part that leans or lies upon some other part or… …   English World dictionary

  • recumbent — adjective Etymology: Latin recumbent , recumbens, present participle of recumbere to lie down, from re + cumbere to lie down; akin to Latin cubare to lie Date: 1705 1. a. suggestive of repose ; leaning, resting b. lying down 2. representing a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • recumbent — recumbency, recumbence, n. recumbently, adv. /ri kum beuhnt/, adj. 1. lying down; reclining; leaning. 2. inactive; idle. 3. Zool., Bot. noting a part that leans or reposes upon its surface of origin. n. 4. a recumbent person, animal, plant, etc.… …   Universalium

  • recumbent — [[t]rɪkʌ̱mbənt[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n A recumbent figure or person is lying down. [FORMAL] He looked down at the recumbent figure …   English dictionary

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