Prone vs. Supine

Proneadjective

Lying face downward.

Proneadjective

Having a downward inclination or slope.

Proneadjective

Shooting from a lying down position.

Proneadjective

(figuratively) Predisposed, liable, inclined.

Proneadjective

Bending forward; inclined; not erect.

Proneadjective

Prostrate; flat; esp., lying with the face down; - opposed to supine.

Proneadjective

Headlong; running downward or headlong.

Proneadjective

Sloping, with reference to a line or surface; declivous; inclined; not level.

Proneadjective

Inclined; propense; disposed; - applied to the mind or affections, usually in an ill sense. Followed by to.

Proneadjective

lying face downward

Proneadjective

having a tendency (to); often used in combination;

Proneadjective

likely or liable to suffer from, do, or experience something unpleasant or regrettable

Proneadjective

lying flat, especially face downwards

Proneadjective

denoting the position of the forearm with the palm of the hand facing downwards.

Proneadjective

with a downward slope or direction.

Supineadjective

Lying on its back.

Supineadjective

(figuratively) Reluctant to take action due to indifference or moral weakness; apathetic or passive towards something.

Supineadjective

Inclining or leaning backward; inclined, sloping.

Supinenoun

In Latin and other languages: a type of verbal noun used in the ablative and accusative cases, which shares the same stem as the passive participle.

Supinenoun

In Swedish: a verb form that combines with an inflection of ha to form the present perfect and pluperfect tenses.

Supineadjective

Lying on the back, or with the face upward; - opposed to prone.

Supineadjective

Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined.

Supineadjective

Negligent; heedless; indolent; listless.

Supinenoun

A verbal noun; or (according to C.F.Becker), a case of the infinitive mood ending in -um and -u, that in -um being sometimes called the former supine, and that in -u the latter supine.

Supineadjective

lying face upward

Supineadjective

offering no resistance;

Supineadjective

(of a person) lying face upwards.

Supineadjective

having the front or ventral part upwards.

Supineadjective

(of the hand) with the palm upwards.

Supineadjective

failing to act or protest as a result of moral weakness or indolence

Supinenoun

a Latin verbal noun used only in the accusative and ablative cases, especially to denote purpose (e.g. mirabile dictu ‘wonderful to relate’).

Supine

In grammar, a supine is a form of verbal noun used in some languages. The term is most often used for Latin, where it is one of the four principal parts of a verb.