Prone

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  • adjective. Lying with the front or face downward.
  • adjective. Having a tendency; inclined. Often used in combination.
  • adverb. In a prone manner.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Bending forward with the face downward; inclined; lying flat; not erect.
  • Lying with the face or front downward.
  • Specifically, in anatomy: Lying face downward; stretched at full length on the belly.
  • Lying with the palm downward; pronated, as the hand. In both senses, the opposite of supine.
  • Moving or sloping downward; descending; inclined.
  • Inclined by disposition or natural tendency; propense; disposed: usually in an ill sense.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Bending forward; inclined; not erect.
  • adjective. Prostrate; flat; esp., lying with the face down; -- opposed to supine.
  • adjective. Headlong; running downward or headlong.
  • adjective. Sloping, with reference to a line or surface; declivous; inclined; not level.
  • adjective. Inclined; propense; disposed; -- applied to the mind or affections, usually in an ill sense. Followed by to.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Lying face downward; prostrate (Wikipedia).
  • adjective. Having a downward inclination or slope.
  • adjective. Shooting from a lying down position.
  • adjective. Predisposed, liable, inclined.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. lying face downward
  • adjective. having a tendency (to); often used in combination
  • Word Usage
    "I. ii.188 (19,2) [There is a prone and speechless dialect] I can scarcely tell what signification to give to the word _prone_."
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    inclined  unerect  
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    prone to  
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