supine

1. a. Lying on the back, or with the face upward; -- opposed to prone. Source: opted

2. a. Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined. Source: opted

3. a. Negligent; heedless; indolent; listless. Source: opted

4. 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. Source: opted

5. adj. lying face upward Source: wordnet

6. adj. passive as a result of indolence or indifference Source: wordnet

7. 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. 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. Source: webster

8. A verbal noun; or (according to C.F.Becker), a case of theinfinitive mood ending in -um and -u, that in -um being sometimescalled the former supine, and that in -u the latter supine. Source: adambom

9. j:100 s. lying face upward Source: ecdict

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