adj.
Pronunciation: -b ə nt
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin recumbent-, recumbens, present participle of recumbere to lie down, from re- + -cumbere to lie down; akin to Latin cubare to lie
Date: 1705
1 a : suggestive of repose : LEANING , RESTING b : lying down
2 : representing a person lying down <a recumbent statue>
synonyms see PRONE