What is the meaning of Supine?
Turned facing toward the body or upward: with the thumb outward (palm up), or with the big toe raised relative to the little toe. 
Reluctant to take action due to indifference or moral weakness; apathetic or passive towards something.
Inclining or leaning backward; inclined, sloping.
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.
In Swedish, Faroese, Icelandic and Old Norse: a verb form that combines with an inflection of ha/hafa/hava to form the present perfect and pluperfect tenses.
(obsolete terminology) The 'to'-prefixed infinitive in English or other Germanic languages, so named because the infinitive was regarded as a verbal noun and the 'to'-prefixed form of it was seen as the dative form of the verbal noun; the full infinitive.
vocative masculine singular of supīnus
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