Definitions for supine

supine su·pine

Spelling: [adjective soo-pahyn; noun soo-pahyn]
IPA: /adjective suˈpaɪn; noun ˈsu paɪn/

Supine is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 99 anagrams from letters in supine (einpsu).

Definitions for supine

noun

  1. (in Latin) a noun form derived from verbs, appearing only in the accusative and the dative-ablative, as dictū in mirābile dictū, “wonderful to say.”.
  2. (in English) the simple infinitive of a verb preceded by to.
  3. an analogous form in some other language.

adjective

  1. lying on the back, face or front upward.
  2. inactive, passive, or inert, especially from indolence or indifference.
  3. (of the hand) having the palm upward.

Origin of supine

First recorded in 1490-1500, supine is from the Latin word supīnus lying face up, inactive

Examples for supine

The supine position, as in the adult, is imposed only at night.

In this supine, hopeless state, the priest could in no way prevail on him.

One may be melancholy by the sea, but never morbid or supine.

In effect, an overreaching administration and a supine FISC are ginning up a secret constitution.

Erect or supine, these colossal statues were strewn all over the island.

On closer examination, this is not the hand of a supine victim.

She was right, because she could not see beneath the rags the supine form of a man.

For some time after she had been seized by Roderic, she had remained unconscious and supine.

He began to sink slowly back into the blankets, supine and inert.

supine, routed we rest; and above all, above the universe, is the silence of the Shadow.

Word Value for supine
Scrable

8

Words with friends

11

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