lying down; reclining; leaning.

inactive; idle.

Zoology, Botany . noting a part that leans or reposes upon its surface of origin.

a recumbent person, animal, plant, etc.

adjective

decumbent , flat , horizontal , level , procumbent , prostrate , reclining , resupine , sprawling , supinenotes:supine is lying face upward , prone and prostrate are lying face downward - and prostrate suggests throwing oneself down , while recumbent is lying flat in any position , prone , idle , inactive , lying , resting , supine