recumbent

views updated Jun 27 2018

re·cum·bent / riˈkəmbənt/ • adj. (esp. of a person or human figure) lying down: recumbent statues. ∎  (of a bicycle) designed to be ridden lying almost flat on one's back or sitting up with the legs stretched out in front. ∎  (of a plant) growing close to the ground: recumbent shrubs.• n. a recumbent bicycle.DERIVATIVES: re·cum·ben·cy n.re·cum·bent·ly adv.

recumbent

views updated Jun 11 2018

recumbent XVII. — L. recumbēns, -ent-, prp. of recumbere recline, f. RE- + -cumbere (cf. INCUMBENT).

recumbent

views updated May 29 2018

recumbent (ri-kum-bĕnt) adj. lying down.
recumbency n.