Timeline for Lie back vs. lean back vs. recline
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| Jan 20, 2015 at 22:23 | vote | accept | narengi | ||
| Jan 20, 2015 at 18:30 | comment | added | LawrenceC | When you lean, you can lean forward, to the left, or any arbitrary direction. So that's just specifying the direction you are leaning. Another way to put this: "Lie" means you are more or less flat on a surface, "recline" means you are sitting, and "lean" is what you'd use if whether you are sitting, standing, or lying doesn't matter. | |
| Jan 20, 2015 at 16:39 | comment | added | narengi | How about lean back? Does it always imply reclining on something other than a chair? | |
| Jan 20, 2015 at 16:38 | vote | accept | narengi | ||
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| Jan 19, 2015 at 23:16 | history | answered | LawrenceC | CC BY-SA 3.0 |