The meaning of Recumbent

adjective

Having a level surface; without raised areas or indentations.

Usage examples:

He sat down on a flat rock

adverb

In or to a horizontal position.

Usage examples:

He was lying flat on his back

noun

The flat part of something.

Usage examples:

She placed the flat of her hand over her glass

adjective

Parallel to the plane of the horizon; at right angles to the vertical.

Usage examples:

A horizontal line

noun

A horizontal line, plane, etc.

Usage examples:

Nushu characters are structured by four kinds of strokes, including dots, horizontals, verticals an…

adjective

Flat or level; parallel with the ground

Usage examples:

Keep the patient in a horizontal position with her feet slightly raised.

verb

Lie, sit, or stand in a relaxed or lazy way.

Usage examples:

Several students were lounging about reading papers

noun

A public room in a hotel, theatre, or club in which to sit and relax.

Usage examples:

The hotel has a pleasant lounge and bar

noun

An act or spell of lounging.

Usage examples:

I'm personally having a lounge around the house day, and i'm looking forward to it.

verb

Present participle of lie1.

adjective

Present participle of lie2.

verb

(of a person or animal) be in or assume a horizontal or resting position on a supporting surface.

Usage examples:

The body lay face downwards on the grass

adjective

Likely or liable to suffer from, do, or experience something unpleasant or regrettable.

Usage examples:

Farmed fish are prone to disease

verb

Turn (a patient) so as to lie face down for a period of time in order to improve the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the lungs during mechanical ventilation.

Usage examples:

Twice a day he was proned to try and get as much oxygen into his body as possible

verb

Drop into a prone position; lie face down.

Usage examples:

They searched him and told him to prone out on the ground next to his car

adjective

Lying stretched out on the ground with one's face downwards.

Usage examples:

There was a man praying before an idol, lying prostrate

verb

Throw oneself flat on the ground so as to be lying face downwards, especially in reverence or submission.

Usage examples:

She prostrated herself on the bare floor of the church

adjective

Lying flat with the face down

Usage examples:

She lay there prostrate, exhausted after a long day's work.

adjective

Leaning or lying back in a relaxed position with the back supported.

Usage examples:

A reclining figure

verb

Lean or lie back in a relaxed position with the back supported.

Usage examples:

She was reclining in a deckchair

verb

Cease work or movement in order to relax, sleep, or recover strength.

Usage examples:

He needed to rest after the feverish activity

verb

Remain or be left in a specified condition.

Usage examples:

You can rest assured she will do everything she can

noun

An instance or period of resting.

Usage examples:

You look as though you need a rest

verb

Sit, lie, or fall with one's arms and legs spread out in an ungainly way.

Usage examples:

The door shot open, sending him sprawling across the pavement

noun

An ungainly or carelessly relaxed position in which one's arms and legs are spread out.

Usage examples:

She fell into a sort of luxurious sprawl

adjective

Lying or sitting with your arms and legs spread out carelessly and untidily

Usage examples:

He was sprawled (out) on the floor., a boy with a shaved head was sprawled in a chair behind her.

adjective

Lying with your arms and legs stretched out

Usage examples:

William was lying spreadeagled on the grass, blind drunk.

adjective

(of a person) lying face upwards.

Usage examples:

A supine man is roughly dragged off like a carcass.

noun

A latin verbal noun used only in the accusative and ablative cases, especially to denote purpose (e.g. mirabile dictu ‘wonderful to relate’).

adjective

(lying) flat on your back, looking up

Usage examples:

We walked along the beach, past the rows of supine bodies soaking up the sun., the new director has…