recline

To lean back or lie down on one’s back.

To be adjustable so that the occupant may recline rather than sit up.

To cause to recline.

To lean backward or downward upon something; rest in a recumbent posture.

To bend downward; lean; have a leaning posture.

Synonyms Recline is always as strong as lean, and generally stronger, indicating a more completely recumbent position, and approaching lie.

To plaee at rest in a leaning or recumbent posture; lean or settle down upon something: as, to recline the head on a pillow, or upon one’s arm.

Leaning; being in a reclining posture.

To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc.; to place in a recumbent position.

To lean or incline.