To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc.; to place in a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand.

To lean or incline; as, to recline against a wall.

To assume, or to be in, a recumbent position; as, to recline on a couch.

cause to recline; "She reclined her head on the pillow"

move the upper body backwards and down