reclines

verb

present tense third-person singular of recline
1
as in tilts

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2
as in lies (down)

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Recent Examples of reclines If Alice reclines all the way, Bob might initiate a three-quarters recline, followed by Carla, who reclines only halfway, until Dan stops the pulse by refusing to recline on principle. — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 10 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reclines
  1. tilts
  2. sleeps
  3. leans
  4. couches
  5. slopes
  6. snoozes
  7. heels
  8. dozes
Verb
  • The numbers also show how often the process tilts toward the party bringing the dispute.
    — Christine Cooper, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • El Niño is not a storm that hits at a particular location, but rather a long duration phenomenon that tilts the odds in favor of extreme weather and climate events for certain areas.
    — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of tilts
Verb
  • Every night, while most of New York sleeps, Queens is wide awake.
    — Tom Grech, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • In the city that never sleeps, Halloween, which falls on a Saturday this year, is the official start for all the holiday fun to come.
    — Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of sleeps
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  • Attias stood in the hotel lobby, whose design leans toward gray, black, white, earth tones and chrome.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The new breakfast and lunch restaurant leans into the flavors and traditions of Uruguay, where co-owners Patricia Alberro and Cecilia Gonzalez where born.
    — Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of leans
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  • Instead, the playbook is straightforward – identify a problem, then propose an overly restrictive governing scheme that couches the political favoritism as a beneficial expansion of the regulatory state.
    — Wayne Winegarden, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Definition of couches
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  • The rest of the Cambria isn’t bad, either, including the shops and galleries along Main Street (which is deceptively long) and the piney slopes above.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • In rivers and streams in Virginia and Maryland, Hack measured the length of each stream and the area of the land that slopes toward that stream and therefore drains into it, called its basin or drainage area.
    — Natalie Wolchover, Quanta Magazine, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of slopes
Verb
  • But Griffin and his inner circle long ago figured out that anyone who snoozes at the wheel gets run off the road.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Another medium-firm option that will deliver crucial neck support is Casper’s original pillow, which is great for all types of sleepers like our contributor Madeleine Luckel, who snoozes on both of her sides, her back, and stomach.
    — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 26 Feb. 2026
Definition of snoozes
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  • Savoy Brown also wore Manolo Blahnik heels with a Hanut Singh ring.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • These sultry heels have a subtle pink hue like the Elisabet Tang heels, as well as eye-catching hold hardware on the back.
    — Jordan Julian, InStyle, 4 Feb. 2026
Definition of heels
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  • On some of my visits, Marsha dozes most of the time.
    — Marc Silver, NPR, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Rather, the protagonist dozes right through it.
    — John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Reclines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reclines. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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