Supine vs. Recumbent

Supineadjective

Lying on its back.

Supineadjective

(figuratively) Reluctant to take action due to indifference or moral weakness; apathetic or passive towards something.

Supineadjective

Inclining or leaning backward; inclined, sloping.

Supinenoun

In Latin and other languages: a type of verbal noun used in the ablative and accusative cases, which shares the same stem as the passive participle.

Supinenoun

In Swedish: a verb form that combines with an inflection of ha to form the present perfect and pluperfect tenses.

Supineadjective

Lying on the back, or with the face upward; - opposed to prone.

Supineadjective

Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined.

Supineadjective

Negligent; heedless; indolent; listless.

Supinenoun

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.

Supineadjective

lying face upward

Supineadjective

offering no resistance;

Supineadjective

(of a person) lying face upwards.

Supineadjective

having the front or ventral part upwards.

Supineadjective

(of the hand) with the palm upwards.

Supineadjective

failing to act or protest as a result of moral weakness or indolence

Supinenoun

a Latin verbal noun used only in the accusative and ablative cases, especially to denote purpose (e.g. mirabile dictu ‘wonderful to relate’).

Supine

In grammar, a supine is a form of verbal noun used in some languages. The term is most often used for Latin, where it is one of the four principal parts of a verb.

Recumbentadjective

Lying down.

Recumbentadjective

Inactive; idle.

Recumbentnoun

A bicycle or tricycle that places the rider in a reclined posture.

Recumbentadjective

Leaning; reclining; lying; as, the recumbent posture of the Romans at their meals. Hence, figuratively; Resting; inactive; idle.

Recumbentadjective

lying down; in a position of comfort or rest

Recumbentadjective

(especially of a person or effigy) lying down

Recumbentadjective

(of a plant) growing close to the ground

Recumbentnoun

a type of bicycle designed to be ridden lying almost flat on one's back.