Lain vs Reclined - What's the difference?
lain | reclined |
(oriented in a horizontal position, situated).
(obsolete) To conceal, keep quiet about.
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*:Also broder sir Agrauayne and sir mordred in lyke wyse sir Launcelot rescowed yow bothe and thre score and two from sir Turquyn / Me thynketh broder suche kynde dedes and kyndenes shold be remembryd / doo as ye lyst sayd syr Agrauayne for I wylle layne it no lenger
(recline)
To cause to lean back; to bend back.
To put in a resting position.
* Dryden
To lean back.
To put oneself in a resting position.
* 2013 Dec. 22, Jad Mouawad and Martha C. White, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/23/business/on-jammed-jets-sardines-turn-on-one-another.html?hp]," New York Times (retrieved 23 December 2013):
*: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.
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As verbs the difference between lain and reclined
is that lain is past participle of lang=en (oriented in a horizontal position, situated) while reclined is past tense of recline.lain
English
Etymology 1
Inflected forms.Verb
(head)- He had lain there for many hours.
- The book had lain on the attic floor until it was found decades later.
Usage notes
* The past participle of is lied. * The past participle of is laid.Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)Anagrams
* * * * * ----reclined
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*recline
English
Verb
- She reclined her arms on the table and sighed.
- The mother / Reclined her dying head upon his breast.
- to recline against a wall
- to recline on a couch