1. reclining - Noun
2. reclining - Adjective
3. reclining - Verb
of Recline
Bending or curving gradually back from the perpendicular.
Recumbent.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI found everyone talking nervously and feverishly of the weather and the war in South Africa, except Reginald, who was reclining in a comfortable chair with the dreamy, far-away look that a volcano might wear just after it had desolated entire villages. Saki
One lucent corner windowing hidden things Forced the world's blind immensity to sight. The darkness failed and slipped like a falling cloak From the reclining body of a god. Sri Aurobindo
(On airplane etiquette) Although reclining your seat is technically your right, just like free speech if you exercise it to your limits everyone around you will think you're an asshole. Ze Frank
How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted. Voltaire
Also in this vein, the play opened with a group of people paying homage to a waxwork of an obese emperor reclining on a couch and clutching a bunch of grapes. Source: Internet
By contrast, they did not observe changes in cardiovascular function while the participants were standing or reclining at rest. Source: Internet