Sekirov Dictionary

prone

UK /pɹəʊn/US /pɹoʊn/

adjective 5
verb 1
forms 7
phrases 1

adjective5

Lying face-down.
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(figurative) 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).
- 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: […] — 1609
Shooting from a position while lying down.
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Of the hand, forearm or foot: turned facing away from the body; with the thumb inward or big toe downward.
- 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.
Having a downward inclination or slope.

verb1

To place in a prone position, to place face down.

forms

proned · proning · prones · more prone · proner · most prone · pronest

Phrases with prone

prone out
To lie flat on one's board (face down) in order to be propelled shorewards by a broken wave.

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