recumbent

The definition of recumbent is a person or thing lying down or resting.

(adjective)

An example of a recumbent position is someone swinging in a hammock with their eyes closed.
An example of a recumbent bike is a bike where someone sits down and leans back while peddling the bike.

See recumbent in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

Origin: L recumbens, prp. of recumbere < re-, back + -cumbere; akin to cubare, to lie down: see cube

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See recumbent in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Lying down, especially in a position of comfort or rest; reclining.
Resting; idle.
Biology Resting on the surface from which it arises. Used of an organ or other structure.

Origin:

Origin: Latin recumbēns, recumbent-

Origin: , present participle of recumbere, to lie down

Origin: : re-, re-

Origin: + cumbere, to lie

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