Recumbent synonyms

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prostrate
(Botany) Growing flat along the ground.
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lying (related)
False; not truthful
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flat
Not glossy; matte:
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inactive
(Chemistry) Relatively inert
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prone
Lying with the front or face downward.
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reclining
Capable of being reclined, or moved into a more horizontal position.
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resting
(Biol.) Remaining dormant for a period of time, as certain spores or eggs
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supine
Having the palm upward. Used of the hand.
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couchant
(Of an animal) Lying down; crouching.
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decumbent
Lying down
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horizontal
Perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat.
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procumbent
Lying face down
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accumbent
(Bot.) Lying against some other part: said esp. of certain cotyledons
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recumbant (related)
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trike (related)
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non-folding (related)
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idle
Being a period of time in which there is little or no activity:
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Recumbent Sentence Examples

  • The horns are black, slightly twisted and very short, flat at the base, pointed at the tips, and recumbent on the head.

  • The splendid recumbent effigies in bronze, of Italian workmanship, rest upon a tomb of black marble, and the whole is enclosed in a magnificent shrine of wrought brass.

  • They are not recumbent, and the hair falling from the head is curled, not straight, as in the true Egyptian sphinx.

  • The recumbent effigies and decorative details of these tombs are very beautiful, but the smaller figures of angels, saints and virtues are rather clumsy in proportion.

  • The sphinx, however, is a perfectly clear and well-defined type there, and is usually recumbent.

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