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Meanings of decumbent in English

Lying down; in a position of comfort or rest.

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        Examples for "reclining"
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        These modern trains offer reclining seats and six-, four- and two-person berths.
        BBC
        2
        There was the pack in a circle about a big reclining oak.
        Hunting with the Bow & Arrow
        3
        And I caught her in my arms again, half-reclining on the bed.
        Tramping on Life / An Autobiographical Narrative
        4
        I gazed at her small, slim figure reclining in the deck chair.
        Brigands of the Moon
        5
        He stopped when he reached the reclining form, nosing and sniffing it.
        Mysterious Skin
        1
        The recumbent figure is in exact accord with the description by Browning.
        Robert Browning: How to Know Him
        2
        He returned to work full time and bought a recumbent stationary bike.
        Wired
        3
        Each sought one of the recumbent bodies and fastened itself in place.
        The Chessmen of Mars
        4
        They thrust forward their heads and peered in at the recumbent form.
        The Happy Family
        5
        The recumbent figure in bed seemed to have actually succumbed to sleep.
        Snow-Bound at Eagle's
        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.
        There's Pippins and Cheese to Come
        Usage of decumbent in English
        1
        The arrows of the decumbent sun gilded the ripening grapes above them.
        In the Sweet Dry and Dry
        2
        As one might expect, the position of greatest ease is the decumbent.
        Diseases of the Horse's Foot
        3
        Sometimes prone, sometimes supine, but always decumbent.
        A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of t...
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        It is of unusual appearance for a Barberry, with long, decumbent branches, which are thickly covered with masses of orange-yellow flowers.
        Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs
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        It is one of the genus Polypodium; root decumbent, thickly clothed with a very soft close hoal, of a deep yellow colour.
        The Folk-lore of Plants
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        The bosomy vapours of Dove's soul are the palette upon which the decumbent sun of his spirit casts its vivid orange and scarlet colours.
        Pipefuls
        Decumbent through the time