Reclined vs Redlined - What's the difference?
reclined | redlined |
(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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(redline)
A drawing, document, etc. that has been marked for correction or modification.
The maximum speed at which the engine in a car is designed to operate.
To mark a drawing or document for correction or modification.
To run an internal combustion engine to its maximum or maximum recommended speed.
To deny or complicate access to services (such as banking, insurance, or healthcare) to residents in specific, often racially determined, areas.
As verbs the difference between reclined and redlined
is that reclined is (recline) while redlined is (redline).reclined
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(head)Anagrams
*recline
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- 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