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Recline

To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc.; to place in a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand.

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Verb group 4

Recumb 84% connected

To lean; to recline; to repose.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Recumb 84% connected

To lean; to recline; to repose.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Repose 84% connected

To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Repose 84% connected

To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 12

Angle 76% connected

The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lay 76% connected

of Lie, to recline.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lean 76% connected

To conceal.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lie 76% connected

See Lye.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Place 76% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pose 76% connected

Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Position 76% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Put 76% connected

A pit.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Set 76% connected

of Set

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Slant 76% connected

To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tilt 76% connected

A covering overhead; especially, a tent.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tip 76% connected

The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 1

Rest 76% connected

To arrest.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Repose 74% connected

To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Repose 74% connected

To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 2

Recumb 92% connected

To lean; to recline; to repose.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Repose 92% connected

To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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