Recumbent \Re*cum"bent\ (-bet), a. [L. recumbens, -entis, p. pr.
of recumbere. See Recumb, Incumbent.]
Leaning; reclining; lying; as, the recumbent posture of the
Romans at their meals. Hence, figuratively; Resting;
inactive; idle. --
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
recumbent
adj : lying down; in a position of comfort or rest [syn: accumbent,
decumbent, reclining]
WordNet (r) 2.0
81 Moby Thesaurus words for "recumbent":
accumbent, aslant, aslope, atilt, bevel, beveled, bias, biased,
canting, careening, couchant, couche, crawling, crouched, debased,
decumbent, depressed, draped, flat, groveling, horizontal,
inclinational, inclinatory, inclined, inclining, knee-high,
knocked flat, laid low, leaning, listing, lolling, lounging, low,
low-built, low-hung, low-level, low-leveled, low-lying, low-set,
low-statured, lying, lying down, neap, out of plumb, out of square,
pitched, procumbent, prone, prostrate, raking, reclining, reposing,
resupine, runty, shelving, shelvy, short, sideling, sidelong,
slant, slanted, slanting, slantways, slantwise, sloped, sloping,
sprawled, sprawling, spread, squat, squatty, stooped,
stretched out, stumpy, supine, tilted, tilting, tipped, tipping,
tipsy, unelevated
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
accumbent, decumbent, reclining
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