reclining

adj

1. (not-comparable)Capable of being reclined, or moved into a more horizontal position.

   “a reclining armchair”

2. (not-comparable)Bending away from the perpendicular; recumbent.

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of recline

noun

1. (dated)The act of one who reclines.

   “Mr. Disbrowe was reclining on a well-worn horsehair-covered sofa, his frequent reclinings on which piece of furniture had stamped a deep and quite ineffaceable impression of his weighty form upon the cushion.”