supine
11supine — [[t]su͟ːpaɪn[/t]] 1) ADJ If you are supine, you are lying flat on your back. [FORMAL] ...bedridden persons confined to the supine position. ...a statue of a supine dog. ADV: ADV after v Supine is also an adverb. I lay supine on the poolside grass …
12supine — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. recumbent, reclining, prostrate; apathetic, sluggish, torpid; indifferent, passive. See inactivity, insensibility, horizontal.Ant., standing, upright, energetic. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Lying on… …
13supine — su|pine [ˈsu:paın, ˈsju: US su:ˈpaın] adj formal [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: supinus] 1.) lying on your back ≠ ↑prone ▪ in a supine position 2.) allowing other people to make decisions instead of you, in a way that seems very weak ▪ a… …
14supine — [15] Supine means literally ‘lying on one’s back’. It comes from Latin supīnus. This was derived from a prehistoric base *sup ‘up’ which also produced Latin super ‘above, over’ (and summus, source of English sum), so the word’s etymological… …
15supine — adjective 1) she lay supine on the sand Syn: flat on one s back, face upward, facing upward, flat, horizontal, recumbent, stretched out Ant: prostrate 2) the supine media Syn …
16supine — [15] Supine means literally ‘lying on one’s back’. It comes from Latin supīnus. This was derived from a prehistoric base *sup ‘up’ which also produced Latin super ‘above, over’ (and summus, source of English sum), so the word’s etymological… …
17supine — 1. adjective /ˈsjuːpaɪn,supiːn/ a) Lying on its back, reclined Nothing, therefore, can be more contrary than such a philosophy to the supine indolence of the mind. b) Sloping or inclined Syn: reclined, inclined, sloping, lethar …
18supine — See prostrate. See prostrate, prone, supine …
19supine — adj. Supine is used with these nouns: ↑position …
20supine — su|pine [ su,paın ] adjective FORMAL 1. ) lying on your back ─ opposite PRONE 2. ) too lazy or afraid to deal with a problem that needs your attention: the school s supine attitude to rising levels of drug abuse ╾ su|pine|ly adverb …
