supine

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Synonyms: spine, lupine, suine, supino

Antonyms: spine, lupine, suine, supino

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Adjective

[[lie#Verb|Lying]] on its [[back#Noun|back]].
Of the [[hand]], [[forearm]] or [[foot]], turned facing toward the body or upward: with the [[thumb]] outward (palm up), or with the big toe raised relative to the little toe. [[File:Braus 1921 306.png|right|thumb|A foot in the prone, normal, and supine positions.]]
{{lb|en|figuratively}} [[reluctant|Reluctant]] to take [[action]] due to [[indifference]] or [[moral#Adjective|moral]] [[weakness]]; [[apathetic]] or [[passive#Adjective|passive]] towards something.
{{lb|en|rare|now|poetic}} [[incline#Verb|Inclining]] or [[lean#Verb|leaning]] [[backward]]; [[inclined#Adjective|inclined]], [[sloping#Adjective|sloping]].

{{lb|en|grammar|also|attributively}} In [[Latin]] and other [[language]]s: a type of [[verbal noun]] used in the [[ablative case|ablative]] and [[accusative case]]s, which [[share#Verb|shares]] the same [[stem#Noun|stem]] as the [[passive participle]].
{{lb|en|grammar|also|attributively}} In [[Swedish]], [[Faroese]], [[Icelandic]] and [[Old Norse]]: a [[verb form]] that [[combine#Verb|combines]] with an [[inflection]] of {{m|sv|ha}}/hafa/hava to form the [[present perfect]] and [[pluperfect]] [[tense#Noun|tenses]].
{{lb|en|grammar|also|attributively}} (obsolete terminology) The 'to'-prefixed infinitive in English or other Germanic languages, so named because the infinitive was regarded as a verbal noun and the 'to'-prefixed form of it was seen as the dative form of the verbal noun; the [[full infinitive]].

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