 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
recumbent
adjective: lying down; in a position of comfort or rest [syn: {accumbent},
{decumbent}, {reclining}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Recumbent \Re*cum"bent\ (-bet), adjective [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. -- {Re*cum"bent*ly}, adverb
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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