prone

adjective

1. 1

   Lying face-down.

   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.

2. 2

   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.

3. 3

   Having a downward inclination or slope.

4. 4

   Shooting from a position while lying down.

5. 5

   figurativePredisposed, 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).

   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: […]

verb

1. 1

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

Forms

comparative

proner, more prone

superlative

pronest, most prone

past tense

proned

past participle

proned

present participle

proning

third person singular

prones