Definitions for recumbent

recumbent re·cum·bent

Spelling: [ri-kuhm-buh nt]
IPA: /rɪˈkʌm bənt/

Recumbent is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 307 anagrams from letters in recumbent (bceemnrtu).

Definitions for recumbent

adjective

  1. lying down; reclining; leaning.
  2. inactive; idle.
  3. Zoology, Botany. noting a part that leans or reposes upon its surface of origin.

noun

  1. a recumbent person, animal, plant, etc.

Origin of recumbent

1765-75; Latin recumbent- (stem of recumbēns), present participle of recumbere to lie back, equivalent to re- re- + cumb-, akin to cubāre to lie down + -ent- Examples for recumbent

It represented a recumbent Sappho playing on a nine-stringed lyre.

"Truss him up, Kenneth," he commanded, pointing to the recumbent figure.

My eyes, accustomed to obscurity, traced an indistinct and recumbent form.

There was probably a recumbent figure on the top, but it has long since disappeared.

He raised the recumbent figure to a couch, and then looked at the wound.

The recumbent figure in bed seemed to have actually succumbed to sleep.

Jackson, riding by a recumbent group, spoke from the saddle.

When this fancy occurred, I started from my recumbent posture.

As he approached the recumbent figure he yelled a panted "Hi, there!"

The repulsive task of searching the recumbent figure now lay before him.

Word Value for recumbent
Scrable

15

Words with friends

20

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