Definitions for supines

supines su·pine

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

Supines is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 142 anagrams from letters in supines (einpssu).

Definitions for supines

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 supines

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

Examples for supines

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for supines
Scrable

8

Words with friends

11

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