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# recumbent

«recumbent» in Mova's school dictionary: **Lying down, especially on your back or leaning back** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (recumbent); noun (a recumbent, recumbents — a recumbent bicycle)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) Lying down, especially on your back or leaning back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recumbent/#m1)

2) A recumbent bicycle or bike is one you ride sitting back in a low seat with your legs in front. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recumbent/#m2)

3) (noun) A short name for a recumbent bicycle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recumbent/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and old books it describes someone lying down to rest. In sport and everyday life it names a special low bike or exercise bike with a back rest. In art and history it describes statues of people lying down on tombs. Phrases: «recumbent position», «recumbent bike», «recumbent figure».

### examples

- The cat lay recumbent in the sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recumbent/#x1)
- My grandad uses a recumbent exercise bike at the gym. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recumbent/#x2)
- The statue shows a recumbent knight on top of his tomb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recumbent/#x3)
- She rides a recumbent to school and it looks very low. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recumbent/#x4)
- The patient stayed in a recumbent position after the operation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recumbent/#x5)
- A recumbent bike is easier on your back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recumbent/#x6)
- The lions were recumbent under the tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recumbent/#x7)
- Hypnus is sometimes depicted standing erect with closed eyes; at others he is in a recumbent position beside his brother Thanatos, and usually bears a poppy-stalk in his hand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recumbent/#x8)

### note

Formal word; in everyday speech say «lying down». Not the same as «incumbent» (the person now holding a job). Pronounced «ri-KUM-bent».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «recumbent» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recumbent/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.