lying supine
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6.1
- adjective
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- She was lying supine with her legs straight out.
- lying supine on a bed
Examples
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Mike is lying supine, awake but groggy, hooked up to a heart monitor, IV drips, and hideous plastic tubes up his nose, down his throat, on full inotropic support.
Fiction book (2002) -
The limp body of an elderly gentleman lies supine.
Fiction book (1992) -
Greer is lying supine on the floor.
Fiction book (2002) -
The patient is instructed to lie supine for 15 minutes with the head turned and then self-administer 3 drops of medication into the ear canal three times a day.
Academic text (1999) -
Greer is lying supine on the floor.
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The limp body of an elderly gentleman is lying supine.
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Wesley was lying supine on the floor of the cabin, asleep, rhythmically snorting.
Synonyms
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4.0
Lying on the back on the ground because someone is tired, hurt, or sick
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7.4
Lying on the back with the face up
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7.9
Lying down or leaning back to rest
Lying on the back with the face up
Lying or leaning back to rest in a comfortable position
Lying down and resting on a surface like a bed or the ground
To lie down and rest, often with the tip turning upward
Lying flat, like a figure shown on a tomb or statue
Antonyms
How Reclined
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'lying' (being in a horizontal position) combined with 'supine' (lying flat with face turned upward) yields 'lying on one's back, facing upward.' This follows a straightforward verb + adjective pattern and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Lying supine uses lying plus the old word supine, which described a person resting on their back with their face turned up. So, it means 'lying on one's back, facing upward'.