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    supine

    supine - Dictionary definition and meaning for word supine

    Definition
    (adj) lying face upward
    Synonyms : resupine
    Definition
    (adj) offering no resistance
    Synonyms : resistless , unresisting
    Example Sentence
    • resistless hostages
    • No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for supine

remove 'u' => spine... lying on BACK facing upward.. as good as no resistance.......OR THINK OF SPINAL CORD(SPINE) YOU WILL AUTOMATICALLY REMEMBER

In the long run, a 'Supine' persons 'Repine' for wasting so much time.

SUPHINE. "SO FINE"... your feeling so fine that you dont resist

Recline on your spine = SUPINE.

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Supine: S+UPine= Fac(S)e UP

someone offers you soup, you will show no resistance!!

Supine contains the word "UP," therefore, you are lying on your back facing UP.

Pine is to miss. You miss someone when lying on ur back.

support+spine

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