Defn: Having a plainted and convolute arrangement in the bud, as in the morning-glory.
SUPINATION Su`pi*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. supinare, supinatum, to bend or lay backward, fr. supinus supine: cf. F. supination. See Supine.] (Physiol.) (a) The act of turning the hand palm upward; also, position of the hand with the palm upward. (b) The act or state of lying with the face upward. Opposed to Ant: pronation.
SUPINATOR
Su`pi*na"tor, n. Etym: [NL.] (Anat.)
Defn: A muscle which produces the motion of supination.
SUPINE
Su*pine", a. Etym: [L. supinus, akin to sub under, super above. Cf.
Sub-, Super-.]
1. Lying on the back, or with the face upward; — opposed to prone.
2. Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined. If the vine On rising ground be placed, or hills supine. Dryden.
3. Negligent; heedless; indolent; listless. He became pusillanimous and supine, and openly exposed to any temptation. Woodward.
Syn.
— Negligent; heedless; indolent; thoughtless; inattentive;
listless; careless; drowsy.
— Su*pine"ly, adv.
— Su*pine"ness, n.
SUPINE Su"pine, n. Etym: [L. supinum (sc. verbum), from supinus bent or thrown backward, perhaps so called because, although furnished with substantive case endings, it rests or falls back, as it were, on the verb: cf. F. supin.] (Lat. Gram.)