recumbent

adjlying down

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adj lying down

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Word Origin & History

1705, from Latin recumbentem (nominative recumbens), present participle of recumbere "recline, lie down, lie down again;" of things, "to fall, sink down, settle down," from re- "back" (see re-) + -cumbere "to lie down" (see succumb). Related: Recumbency (1640s). A verb, recumb, has been attempted in English occasionally since 1670s.

Example Sentences for recumbent

As he approached the recumbent figure he yelled a panted "Hi, there!"

"Truss him up, Kenneth," he commanded, pointing to the recumbent figure.

The repulsive task of searching the recumbent figure now lay before him.

My eyes, accustomed to obscurity, traced an indistinct and recumbent form.

The recumbent figure in bed seemed to have actually succumbed to sleep.

He raised the recumbent figure to a couch, and then looked at the wound.

Jackson, riding by a recumbent group, spoke from the saddle.

There was probably a recumbent figure on the top, but it has long since disappeared.

It represented a recumbent Sappho playing on a nine-stringed lyre.

When this fancy occurred, I started from my recumbent posture.

recumbent

Synonyms for recumbent

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creeping

decumbent

flat

flat on one's back

horizontal

procumbent

recumbent

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decumbent

flat

flat on one's back

horizontal

procumbent

Synonyms for recumbent

creeping