He lay supine on the beach, his face exposed to the sun.
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Supine
//ˈs(j)uːpaɪn//
Synonyms for "supine" (211 found)
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low-lyinglow-setlow-staturedlumpishlyinglying downmoribundmotionlessneapnonchalantnondissentingnonopposingnonresistantnonresistingnonresistivenumbnumbedobedientolympianpepless
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83 translations across 33 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὕπτιος adj (lying on its back)
Bikol Central
1 entries- tigaya adj (lying on its back)
Bulgarian
4 entries- бездеен adj (reluctant to take action)
- инертен adj (reluctant to take action)
- лежащ по гръб adj (lying on its back)
- супин noun (verbal noun)
Catalan
1 entries- supí noun (verbal noun)
Czech
4 entries- laxní adj (reluctant to take action)
- ležící na zádech adj (lying on its back)
- ležící naznak adj (lying on its back)
- pasivní adj (reluctant to take action)
Dutch
4 entries- geneigd adj (inclining or leaning backward)
- in rugligging adj (lying on its back)
- lethargisch adj (reluctant to take action)
- onverschillig adj (reluctant to take action)
Esperanto
4 entries- klina adj (inclining or leaning backward)
- letargia adj (reluctant to take action)
- senmova adj (reluctant to take action)
- surdorse kuŝanta adj (lying on its back)
Finnish
4 entries- kallellaan adj (inclining or leaning backward)
- passiivinen adj (reluctant to take action)
- saamaton adj (reluctant to take action)
- selällään makaava adj (lying on its back)
French
2 entries- supinal adj (lying on its back)
- supin noun (verbal noun)
German
3 entries- in Rückenlage adj (lying on its back)
- Lagewort noun (verbal noun)
- Supinum noun (verbal noun)
Greek
2 entries- ύπτιος adj (lying on its back)
- σουπίνο noun (verbal noun)
Hebrew
1 entries- פְּרַקְדָּן adj (lying on its back)
Hungarian
4 entries- háton/hátán/hanyatt fekvő adj (lying on its back)
- közönyös adj (reluctant to take action)
- passzív adj (reluctant to take action)
- tétlen adj (reluctant to take action)
Icelandic
3 entries- liggja upp í loft adj (lying on its back)
- á bakinu adj (lying on its back)
- útafliggjandi adj (lying on its back)
Ido
1 entries- supino noun (verbal noun)
Italian
2 entries- supino adj (lying on its back)
- supino noun (verbal noun)
Kapampangan
1 entries- sakinda adj (lying on its back)
Latin
2 entries- supīnus adj (lying on its back)
- supīnum noun (verbal noun)
Old English
1 entries- upweard adj (lying on its back)
Polish
1 entries- bezwolny adj (reluctant to take action)
Portuguese
4 entries- inclinado adj (inclining or leaning backward)
- letárgico adj (reluctant to take action)
- passivo adj (reluctant to take action)
- supino adj (lying on its back)
Romanian
2 entries- letargic adj (reluctant to take action)
- pasiv adj (reluctant to take action)
Russian
3 entries- лежа́щий на спине́ adj (lying on its back)
- лежа́щий на́взничь adj (lying on its back)
- супи́н noun (verbal noun)
Sikkimese
1 entries- གང་རྐྱལ adj (lying on its back)
Slovak
1 entries- supínum noun (verbal noun)
Slovene
1 entries- namenilnik noun (verbal noun)
Spanish
4 entries- espalditendido adj (lying on its back)
- indolente adj (reluctant to take action)
- supino adj (lying on its back)
- supino noun (verbal noun)
Swedish
2 entries- på rygg adj (lying on its back)
- supinum noun (verbal noun)
Tagalog
1 entries- tihaya adj (lying on its back)
Thai
1 entries- หงาย adj (lying on its back)
Ukrainian
4 entries- бездіяльний adj (reluctant to take action)
- ледачий adj (reluctant to take action)
- лежачий горілиць adj (lying on its back)
- лежачий на спині adj (lying on its back)
Uzbek
1 entries- chalqanchasiga adj (lying on its back)
Vietnamese
3 entries- ngả adj (lying on its back)
- ngả lưng adj (lying on its back)
- ngửa adj (lying on its back)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
Sleep apnea occurs most often when sleeping in a supine position.
Source: tatoeba (11564112)
Three servicemen tend to a wounded serviceman who is supine on a hospital bed.
Source: tatoeba (11994563)
Data, in part previously reported by this laboratory (2, 9), on the effects of mannitol loads in supine subjects, and of saline infusions in both supine and standing subjects, have also been used in the construction of Table III and Figures 1 and 2.
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