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Definition of supine

Supine
Supine Su*pine", a. [L. supinus, akin to sub under, super above. Cf. Sub-, Super-.] 1. Lying on the back, or with the face upward; -- opposed to prone. 2. Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined. If the vine On rising ground be placed, or hills supine. --Dryden. 3. Negligent; heedless; indolent; listless. He became pusillanimous and supine, and openly exposed to any temptation. --Woodward. Syn: Negligent; heedless; indolent; thoughtless; inattentive; listless; careless; drowsy. -- Su*pine"ly, adv. -- Su*pine"ness, n.
Supine
Supine Su"pine, n. [L. supinum (sc. verbum), from supinus bent or thrown backward, perhaps so called because, although furnished with substantive case endings, it rests or falls back, as it were, on the verb: cf. F. supin.] (Lat. Gram.) A verbal noun; or (according to C.F.Becker), a case of the infinitive mood ending in -um and -u, that in -um being sometimes called the former supine, and that in -u the latter supine.

Meaning of supine from wikipedia

- Look up supine in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In grammar, a supine is a form of verbal noun used in some languages. The term is most often used for...
- The supine position (/ˈsuːpaɪn/) means lying horizontally with the face and torso facing up, as opposed to the prone position, which is face down. When...
- A supine ****pit is where the pilot is in a supine position to reduce blood pooling in the legs and preventing g-LOC in high g environments. This can enable...
- Look up supine in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A supine is a verbal noun in some languages. Supine may also refer to: Supine (temperament), a temperament...
- Supine hypertension is a paradoxical elevation in blood pressure upon ****uming a supine position from a standing or sitting position. It is ****umed to...
- Aortocaval compression syndrome, also known as supine hypotensive syndrome, is compression of the abdominal aorta and inferior vena cava by the gravid...
- of the back to the upper abdomen. SAD may be measured when standing or supine. SAD may be measured at any point from the narrowest point between the last...
- terms of location, the dorsal side is up, and the ventral side is down. The supine position is the 180° contrast. The word prone, meaning "naturally inclined...
- paradigms for 'supine accusative' and 'supine ablative' are called 'Supine I' and 'Supine II' in the Langenscheidt dictionary, but often called 'supine accusative'...
- Poa supina is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Poaceae. Its native range is Morocco, Europe to Mongolia and Himalaya. "Poa supina Schrad...