recline russian

• отки́нуться

  to lean back, to recline, to throw oneself back

  to fold back, to flip open, to swing back

  to get out (of prison), to be released

• полулежа́ть

  to recline

• возлежа́ть

  to recline

• принале́чь

  to press, to recline, to apply oneself, to ply

• отки́нувшийся

  leaning back, reclined, thrown back

• прилёгший

  reclined, having lain down, resting

• отки́нутый

  thrown back, flung back, cast aside

  reclined, leaned back, tilted back

Examples

• Он возлежал на мягком диване весь вечер.

  He reclined on the soft sofa all evening.

• Гости возлежали за длинным столом на пиру.

  The guests reclined at the long table during the feast.

• Царь любил возлежать на подушках в саду.

  The tsar liked to recline on cushions in the garden.