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procumbent

procumbent adjective: prone or prostrate.

Adjective

procumbent (comparative more procumbent, superlative most procumbent)

  1. prone or prostrate
  2. That trails along the ground
  3. inclined towards the lips

procumbent meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

procumbent in Tamil

படுக்கின்ற, கவிழ்ந்த நிலை, கவிழ்ந்துப் படுத்தல்

procumbent in Urdu

آگے جھکا ہوا, بہ سجدہ

procumbent in Kannada

ಮುಖವಡಿಯಾಗಿ, ಮುಖಕೆಳಗಾಗಿ ಮಲಗಿರುವ, ಸಾಷ್ಟಾಂಗವಾಗಿರುವ, ಬೋರಲು ಬಿದ್ದಿರುವ, ಭೂಶಾಯಿ, ಭೂಮಿಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಹಬ್ಬುವ

Forms of procumbent

comparativemore procumbent
superlativemost procumbent

Origin of procumbent

From Latin pro (“forward”) + cumbĕre (“to lie down”).

Words formed from procumbent

Questions about procumbent

What does procumbent mean?
Procumbent means prone or prostrate.
What is procumbent in Tamil?
Procumbent in Tamil is படுக்கின்ற, கவிழ்ந்த நிலை, கவிழ்ந்துப் படுத்தல். See Procumbent meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is procumbent?
Procumbent is an adjective.

Words near procumbent in the dictionary

  1. Proculeians
  2. Proculian
  3. Proculians
  4. procumbence
  5. procumbency
  6. procumbent
  7. procumbent pigweed
  8. procumbently
  9. procurability
  10. procurable
  11. procuracies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: procumbent (page history and authors); procumbent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); procumbent (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); procumbent (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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