Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Lying with the front or face downward.
- adjective Having a tendency; inclined. Often used in combination.
- adverb In a prone manner.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
from 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 .
from 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 downposition . - adjective
Predisposed ,liable ,inclined .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective lying face downward
- adjective having a tendency (to); often used in combination
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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I. ii.188 (19,2) [There is a prone and speechless dialect] I can scarcely tell what signification to give to the word _prone_.
Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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The term prone to in [e] mean s having a tendency to, so it is correct.
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The term prone to in [e] mean s having a tendency to, so it is correct.
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As a shooter shoots in prone position you can actually see a shockwave travel down there body to their feet and back up.
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I saw a report on CNN where a woman was rescued from being trapped in collapsed roof and wall debris for two days and what struck me was her odd calm as she was carried prone from a certain, crushing death — as well as her matter-of-fact confidence in a God that Robertson says her people forsook ...
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I saw a report on CNN where a woman was rescued from being trapped in collapsed roof and wall debris for two days and what struck me was her odd calm as she was carried prone from a certain, crushing death — as well as her matter-of-fact confidence in a God that Robertson says her people forsook ...
yarb commented on the word prone
I never realised this meant lying face-down; I thought it was just "lying flat" (face up or down).
January 25, 2011
reesetee commented on the word prone
I wonder whether prunes lie prone?
January 27, 2011
yarb commented on the word prone
Are you particularly prune-prone?
January 28, 2011
reesetee commented on the word prone
I've not had that problem, no.
January 28, 2011