to cause to lean
91recline — [ri klīn′] vt. reclined, reclining [ME reclynen < L reclinare < re , back + clinare, to lean: see INCLINE] to cause to lean or lie back or down; lay back vi. to lie or lean back or down; specif., to rest or repose lying down reclination… …
92Ancient Greek grammar — is morphologically complex and preserves several features of Proto Indo European morphology. Nouns, adjectives, pronouns, articles, numerals and especially verbs are all highly inflected. This article is an introduction to this morphological… …
93Fuel control unit — is the generic term given to any of several types of control systems for gas turbine engines.Fundamentals of turbine engine controlGas turbine engines are primarily controlled by the amount of fuel supplied to the combustion chambers. With this… …
94clino- — a combining form meaning slope, incline, and, in mineralogy, monoclinic, used in the formation of compound words: clinometer. [ < L clin(are) (c. Gk klínein to cause to lean, Skt srayati he causes to lean) + O ] * * * …
95heel — heel1 heelless, adj. /heel/, n. 1. the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle. 2. an analogous part in other vertebrates. 3. either hind foot or hoof of some animals, as the horse. 4. the foot as a whole: He was hung by the heels …
96recline — reclinable, adj. reclination /rek leuh nay sheuhn/, n. /ri kluyn /, v., reclined, reclining. v.i. 1. to lean or lie back; rest in a recumbent position. v.t. 2. to cause to lean back on something; place in a recumbent position. [1375 1425; late ME …
97tilt — tilt1 tiltable, adj. tilter, n. /tilt/, v.t. 1. to cause to lean, incline, slope, or slant. 2. to rush at or charge, as in a joust. 3. to hold poised for attack, as a lance. 4. to move (a camera) up or down on its vertical axis for photographing… …
98tilt — {{11}}tilt (n.) a joust, a combat, 1510s, perhaps from TILT (Cf. tilt) (v.) on the notion of to lean into an attack, but the word originally seems to have been the name of the barrier which separated the combatants, which suggests connection with …
99enclitic — en•clit•ic [[t]ɛnˈklɪt ɪk[/t]] adj. 1) gram. (of a word) closely connected in pronunciation with the preceding word and not having an independent accent or phonological status 2) gram. an enclitic word, as the form of are in we re[/ex] •… …
100heel — I [[t]hil[/t]] n. 1) anat. zool. the back part of the foot in humans, below and behind the ankle 2) zool. the corresponding part in other vertebrates 3) clo the part of a stocking, shoe, etc., covering the back part of the wearer s foot 4) clo a… …
