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• n  the act of assuming or maintaining a reclining position
• v  move the upper body backwards and down
• v  cause to recline
• v  lean in a comfortable resting position

• It was presumed that he was reclining en d shabill.
• They leased, one after another, a series of aging, second-class buses reclining seats, no rest rooms to run people 1,400 miles north to Ciudad Jurez once a week.
• And his two- and three-part reclining figures, like Reclining Figure: Arch Leg from 1969, with its complicated balance of volume and void, are proof that Moore's gift for forceful .

• lean back
• recline
• recumb
• repose

News & Articles

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• Nap Nanny: If You Have An Infant, You Should Read This
  A massive recall is in the news this morning after the company that makes an infant recliner called Nap Nanny says their product has caused infant deaths. The Nap Nanny is a soft, reclining surface for babies to sleep on …
  June 19, 2013 - WebProNews
• Why Getting The Band Back Together Is So Hard: How Iggy Pop Got It Right And The Pixies Got It Wrong
  “The only thing that I really have left to say,” said Iggy Pop, reclining on a couch wearing a black leather jacket over his bare torso, “is that the Stooges are a real group.”
  June 18, 2013 - Forbes

Quotes

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• Sheldon Whitehouse in RTT News
  It either is or it isn't,Whitehouse said. "Waterboarding is the practice of putting somebody in a reclining position, tying them down, putting cloth over their faces, and then pouring water over them to simulate drowning. Is that...
• Henry Moore in Boston Globe
  Not far away, in Killian Court, a Moore sculpture called "Three-Piece Reclining Figure, Draped," which had been nicked and scratched and scarred by graffiti over many years, has been getting some serious attention from Clifford Craine of...
• Adam Burish in Chicago Tribune
  My mom had her seat reclined as far back as it would go, luckily,said Burish. "Her side of the car was smashed like a straight line on top of her. If she hadn't been reclining, she would have been gone. And my sister's compartment was the...