prone
Lying face-down.
Example
“prone position”
Other meanings
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.
Related words
- atheroprone
- overprone
- semiprone
- unprone
- prone positioning
- prone-bone
- accident-prone
- error-prone
- gossip-prone
- injury-prone
- prone to
- pronate
Word history
From Latin "prōnus" (turned forward, bent or inclined).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “prone” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.