Meaning

Lying face-down..

Definitions by Sense

1. Lying face-down.
2. Of the hand, forearm or foot: turned facing away from the body; with the thumb inward or big toe downward.
3. Having a downward inclination or slope.
4. (military, video games) Shooting from a position while lying 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).
6. (medicine) To place in a prone position, to place face down.

Example Sentences

prone position

But they had already discovered that he could be bullied, and they had it their own way; and presently Selwyn lay prone upon the nursery floor, impersonating a ladrone while pleasant shivers chased themselves over Drina, whom he was stalking.

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.

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: […]

Word Forms

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Use prone when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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