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Frostwhite Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Sleeping Position

Hi!

Is there any word for "lying down face up"?

How about the counterpart of it? "Lying down on one's chest/stomach.

(Please check if my questions are grammatically correct. And Please answer my questions, too)

Thanks!Emotion: smile
  

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Hi, Is there any word for " lying down face up "? I can't think of one word. You don't really need 'down', since 'lying' implies 'down'.

— Clive

  • Hi, Is there any word for " lying down face up "?
  • I can't think of one word.
  • You don't really need 'down', since 'lying' implies 'down'.
  • We often say 'lying on one's back'.
  • How about the counterpart of it?
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Hi,

Is there any word for "lying down face up"?

I can't think of one word.

You don't really need 'down', since 'lying' implies 'down'.

We often say 'lying on one's back'.



How about the counterpart of it? "Lying down on one's chest/stomach.

Again, I can't think of one word.

We usually say 'stomach' rather t
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Thanks Sir Clive!Emotion: smile

How about the word "supine"?

I checked my dictionary (from our language to English) and this wor
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Hi frostwhite

Apparently supine is a rather formal word. Here is my dictionary's example.

We walked along the beach, past the rows of supine bodies soaking up the sun.

Check out this corpus. I skimmed through it and it seems supine is often used figuratively.

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That is a very useful website Ivanhr. I never knew about it.
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Hi,



If you are interested in 'supine', also have a look at 'prone'.



Clive
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