First Known Use: 1664
Dictionary
recumbent
adjective re·cum·bent \ri-ˈkəm-bənt\
: lying down
Full Definition of RECUMBENT
2
: representing a person lying down <a recumbent statue>
See recumbent defined for English-language learners
See recumbent defined for kids
ADVERTISEMENT
Examples of RECUMBENT
- … the psychiatrist's popular image remains that of a little bearded figure with a Central European accent, scribbling away in a notebook behind his recumbent patient. —Roland Littlewood, Times Literary Supplement, September 1984
- A recumbent figure started up from the grass and came running toward them through the flickering screen of light and shade. —Willa Cather, O Pioneers!, 1913
- [+]more
Origin of RECUMBENT
Latin recumbent-, recumbens, present participle of recumbere to lie down, from re- + -cumbere to lie down; akin to Latin cubare to lie
Synonym Discussion of RECUMBENT
prone, supine, prostrate, recumbent mean lying down. prone implies a position with the front of the body turned toward the supporting surface <push-ups require a prone position>. supine implies lying on one's back and suggests inertness or abjectness <lying supine on the couch>. prostrate implies lying full-length as in submission, defeat, or physical collapse <a runner fell prostrate at the finish line>. recumbent implies the posture of one sleeping or resting <a patient comfortably recumbent in a hospital bed>.
Rhymes with RECUMBENT
Medical Dictionary
recumbent
adjective re·cum·bent \-bənt\
Medical Definition of RECUMBENT
: lying down <a patient recumbent on a stretcher>
Browse
Next Word in the Dictionary: recumbent anticlinePrevious Word in the Dictionary: recumbencyAll Words Near: recumbent
ADVERTISEMENT
Seen & Heard
What made you want to look up recumbent? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).