Definitions for supine
suˈpaɪn; ˈsu paɪnsupine

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. supine, resupineadjective

   lying face upward

2. resistless, supine, unresistingadjective

   offering no resistance

   "resistless hostages"; "No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried"- Theodore Roosevelt

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. supinenoun

   A type of verbal noun.

2. supineadjective

   Lying on its back, reclined

3. supineadjective

   Sloping or inclined

4. supineadjective

   Lethargic; blameworthy indifferent

5. supineadjective

   Passive

6. Etymology: From supin, from supinum, supinus. Grammatical meaning is from the phrase supinum verbum.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SUPINEadjective

   Etymology: supinus, Latin.

   1. Lying with the face upward.

   Upon these divers positions in man, wherein the spine can only be at right lines with the thigh, arise those remarkable postures, prone, supine, and erect. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

   At him he lanc’d his spear, and pierc’d his breast;
   On the hard earth the Lycian knock’d his head,
   And lay supine; and forth the spirit fled. Dryden.

   What advantage hath a man by this erection above other animals, the faces of most of them being more supine than ours. John Ray, on the Creation.

   2. Leaning backwards with exposure to the sun.

   If the vine,
   On rising ground be plac’d or hills supine,
   Extend thy loose battalions. Dryden.

   3. Negligent; careless; indolent; drousy; thoughtless; inattentive.

   These men suffer by their absence, silence, negligence, or supine credulity. Charles I .

   Supine amidst our flowing store
   We slept securely. Dryden.

   Supine in Sylvia’s snowy arms he lies,
   And all the busy cares of life defies. Tatler.

   He became pusillanimous and supine, and openly exposed to any temptation. John Woodward.

2. Supinenoun

   In Grammar a term signifying a particular kind of verbal noun.

   Etymology: supin, French; supinum, Latin.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Supineadjective

   lying on the back, or with the face upward; -- opposed to prone

2. Supineadjective

   leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined

3. Supineadjective

   negligent; heedless; indolent; listless

4. Supinenoun

   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

5. Etymology: [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.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Supine

   In grammar a supine is a form of verbal noun used in some languages.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Supine

   sū-pīn′, adj. lying on the back: leaning backward, inclined, sloping: negligent: indolent.—v.t. Sū′pināte, to bring the palm upward.—ns. Sūpinā′tion, the state of being supine: the act of lying or being laid with the face upward: the act of turning the palm of the hand upward: the hand so turned; Sūpinā′tor, that which produces supination: a muscle that turns the palm upward; Sū′pine, one of two parts of the Latin verb, really verbal nouns, ending in tum and tu, called the first and second supine respectively.—adv. Sūpine′ly.—n. Sūpine′ness. [L. supinus—sub, under.]

Anagrams for supine »

1. puisne

How to pronounce supine?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of supine in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of supine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of supine in a Sentence

1. Grover Cleveland:

   There is no calamity which a great nation can invite which equals that which follows a supine submission to wrong and injustice and the consequent loss of national self-respect and honor, beneath which are shielded and defended a people's safety and greatness.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=supine
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Supine
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=supine
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supine
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=supine
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=supine