recline
to lean back
Roots
- cline / cliv: lean, slope, or bend
- re-: back, again, or backward motion
Other words with the cline / cliv root
- decline: to slope downward; to refuse or decrease
- inclination: a tendency or leaning
- incline: to lean or slope; to tend toward
- inclined: likely or disposed to do something; sloping
- proclivity: a natural tendency or inclination
Re- plus cline makes the body image visible: lean back.
He reclined for five minutes before starting the next study block.