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
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  • When force is applied, the pillar tilts toward the point of contact, compressing the corresponding chamber and pushing fluid through soft tubes to actuators.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026
  • The final manual adjustment is the headrest, which slides vertically with firm clicks and tilts smoothly up and down.
    — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 9 July 2026
Definition of tilts
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  • Like a guardian of the absolute desert, Chile’s coastal mountain range sleeps a mineral slumber, the bluffs defending the driest desert in the world.
    — Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026
  • Police later arrested Ross Wardlaw, a 41-year-old homeless man who frequently sleeps along the Greenbelt, in connection to the crime.
    — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 14 July 2026
Definition of sleeps
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  • Midland leans substantially more Republican than Cabarrus County as a whole.
    — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
  • But the film leans further into new territory with its leading romantic duo, taking their physical relationship to different places following the events of season three.
    — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 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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  • Because its site slopes steeply, the house has upstairs and downstairs entrances.
    — Dean Kaufman, Curbed, 30 June 2026
  • One of my favorite choices is developing a dry creek bed that slopes away from a home's foundation.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
Definition of slopes
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  • 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
  • In it, Mario snoozes against a tree as a butterfly flutters by his head.
    — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 14 Sep. 2025
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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