prone

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   lying on the stomach, face down

   Please place the cadaver in a prone position.

2. 2
   adj

   Lying face-down.

   prone position

3. 3
   adj

   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.

4. 4
   adj

   Predisposed, liable, inclined.

   prone to failure

5. 5
   adj

   having a tendency (to)

6. 6
   adj

   Having a downward inclination or slope.

7. 7
   adj

   Shooting from a position while lying down.

8. 8
   verb

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

Etymology

From Middle English prone, proone, proon, from Latin prōnus (“turned forward, bent or inclined”), from prō (“forward”).