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Supine

ˈs(j)uːpʌɪn

Supine definitions
adjective
supine
  1. lying on one's back with face upwards

    "we have spent enough time lying supine by hotel pools"

    flat on one's back prone recumbent prostrate stretched out spreadeagled
    • having the front or ventral part upwards
    • (of the hand) with the palm upwards
  2. failing to act or protest as a result of moral weakness or indolence

    "they remained supine in the face of terrible wrongdoing"

noun
supine supines
  1. a Latin verbal noun used only in the accusative and ablative cases, especially to denote purpose (e.g. mirabile dictu ‘wonderful to relate’)