Prone

Quick meaning: Prone is an adjective meaning Lying face-down.

Meaning

Lying face-down.

More Meanings

1. Of the hand, forearm or foot: turned facing away from the body; with the thumb inward or big toe downward.
2. Having a downward inclination or slope.
3. (military, video games) Shooting from a position while lying down.
4. (medicine) To place in a prone position, to place face down.
5. (figuratively) Predisposed, liable, inclined, given (to something) (most often, specifically to being befallen by an unsought bad outcome, rather than to undertaking a willful behavior or to having a happy accident).

Example Sentences

prone position

prone to failure

Nor are mine ears with thy tongue's tune delighted; / Nor tender feeling, to base touches prone, / Nor taste, nor smell, desire to be invited / To any sensual feast with thee alone: […]

The hand is in the prone position typically when using a keyboard; and the forearm is then also in the prone position; when the foot is resting on the inner side of the sole, it is in the prone position.

Word Forms

• proner
• pronest
• prones
• proning
• proned

Synonyms for prone

Depending on context, synonyms include neveling, nuel, prostrate.

Antonyms for prone

Common opposites include supine.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include prostrate, inclined, tilt, prey, worn, disaster.

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