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Meanings of
accumbent
in English
Lying down; in a position of comfort or rest.
reclining
recumbent
decumbent
Related terms
unerect
Synonyms
Examples for "
reclining
"
reclining
recumbent
decumbent
Examples for "
reclining
"
1
These modern trains offer
reclining
seats and six-, four- and two-person berths.
2
There was the pack in a circle about a big
reclining
oak.
3
And I caught her in my arms again,
half
-
reclining
on the bed.
4
I gazed at her small, slim figure
reclining
in the deck chair.
5
He stopped when he reached the
reclining
form, nosing and sniffing it.
1
The
recumbent
figure is in exact accord with the description by Browning.
2
He returned to work full time and bought a
recumbent
stationary bike.
3
Each sought one of the
recumbent
bodies and fastened itself in place.
4
They thrust forward their heads and peered in at the
recumbent
form.
5
The
recumbent
figure in bed seemed to have actually succumbed to sleep.
1
The arrows of the
decumbent
sun gilded the ripening grapes above them.
2
As one might expect, the position of greatest ease is the
decumbent
.
3
Sometimes prone, sometimes supine, but always
decumbent
.
4
It is of unusual appearance for a Barberry, with long,
decumbent
branches, which are thickly covered with masses of orange-yellow flowers.
5
It is one of the genus Polypodium; root
decumbent
,
thickly clothed with a very soft close hoal, of a deep yellow colour.
Usage of
accumbent
in English
1
Such mild-eyed,
accumbent
,
sharp-ribbed horses as now infest the curb-mere whittlings from a larger age-hang their heads at their degeneracy.
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Accumbent
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