Thesaurus: prone

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1. a. Bending forward; inclined; not erect.
2. a. Prostrate; flat; esp., lying with the face down; -- opposed to supine.
3. a. Headlong; running downward or headlong.
4. a. Sloping, with reference to a line or surface; declivous; inclined; not level.
5. a. Inclined; propense; disposed; -- applied to the mind or affections, usually in an ill sense. Followed by to.
6. adj. having a tendency (to); often used in combination
7. adj. lying face downward
8. 1. Bending forward; inclined; not erect. Towards him they bend With awful reverence prone. Milton. 2. Prostrate; flat; esp., lying with the face down; -- opposed to supine. Which, as the wind, Blew where it listed, laying all things prone. Byron. 3. Headlong; running downward or headlong. "Down thither prone in flight." Milton. 4. Sloping, with reference to a line or surface; declivous; inclined; not level. Since the floods demand, For their descent, a prone and sinking land. Blackmore. 5. Inclined; propense; disposed; -- applied to the mind or affections, usually in an ill sense. Followed by to. "Prone to mischief." Shak. Poets are nearly all prone to melancholy. Landor.
9. j:100 s. having a tendency (to); often used in combination s. lying face downward