Supine
['s(j)uːpaɪn] or ['supaɪn]
Definition
(a.) Lying on the back, or with the face upward; -- opposed to prone.
(a.) Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined.
(a.) Negligent; heedless; indolent; listless.
(n.) 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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. On the back.[2]. Indolent, sluggish, lazy, slothful, inert, torpid, languid, dull, lumpish, listless, careless, thoughtless, inattentive.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Lazy, indolent, indifferent, listless, inactive, negligent, inattentive,careless, sluggish, otiose, torpid
ANT:Active, energetic, laborious, diligent, indefatigable
Editor: Wallace
Definition
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.
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