Definition of "recline"

recline

/ɹɪˈklaɪn/

verb
third-person singular simple present reclines, present participle reclining, simple past and past participle reclined
1. (transitive) To cause to lean back; to bend back.
2. (transitive) To put in a resting position.
  Quotations
  The mother, lovely tho' with grief oppreſt, / Reclin'd his dying head upon her breaſt.
  a. 1701 (date written), John Dryden, “On the Death of Amyntas. A Pastoral Elegy.”, in The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, […], volume II, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, […], published 1760, page 249
3. (intransitive) To lean back.
4. (intransitive) To put oneself in a resting position.
noun
plural reclines
1. A mechanism for lowering the back of a seat to support a less upright position; Also, the action of lowering the back using such a mechanism.
  Quotations
  To gain a little more space, airlines are turning to a new generation of seats that use lighter materials and less padding, moving the magazine pocket above the tray table and even reducing or eliminating the recline in seats.
  2013 December 22, Jad Mouawad, Martha C. White, New York Times, retrieved 23 December 2013