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# supine

adjective (supine)

«supine» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Lying flat on your back, face upwards. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supine/#m1)
2. (formal) Weak, lazy or too willing to accept things without protesting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supine/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science, PE and first-aid lessons: «supine position» = lying on your back (the opposite of «prone», lying face down). In the formal voice: a supine government does nothing. Phrases: «supine position», «lie supine».

### Examples

- The doctor asked the patient to lie supine on the bed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supine/#x1)
- In yoga, we lay supine and breathed slowly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supine/#x2)
- The opposite of supine is prone, lying face down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supine/#x3)
- The cat lay supine in the sun with its paws in the air. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supine/#x4)
- The newspaper called the council supine for doing nothing about the potholes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supine/#x5)
- For this exercise, start in a supine position with your knees bent. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supine/#x6)

### Note

Pronounced SOO-pine (or soo-PINE). Opposite: «prone» (face down). Memory trick: supine has «up» in it – face up. In first aid, an unconscious person who is breathing is usually put in the recovery position, not left supine.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «supine» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supine/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«supine» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/supine.html) on Mova free.