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kneeling

n. a shooting position according to which the toe of the right foot, the right knee, and the left foot touch the ground

kneel, kneeling

n. supporting yourself on your knees

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kneeling

adj. (unerect)

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accumbent, decumbent, recumbent

adj. lying down; in a position of comfort or rest

bended, bent

adj. used of the back and knees; stooped; "on bended knee"; "with bent (or bended) back"

cernuous, drooping, nodding, pendulous, weeping

adj. having branches or flower heads that bend downward; "nodding daffodils"; "the pendulous branches of a weeping willow"; "lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers"

couchant(ip)

adj. lying on the stomach with head raised with legs pointed forward

huddled, crouched, crouching, hunkered, hunkered down

adj. squatting close to the ground; "poorly clothed men huddled low against the wind"; "he stayed in the ditch hunkered down"

dormant(ip), sleeping

adj. lying with head on paws as if sleeping

flat, prostrate

adj. stretched out and lying at full length along the ground; "found himself lying flat on the floor"

hunched, round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping, crooked

adj. having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; "a little oldish misshapen stooping woman"

leaning

adj. departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the headstones were tilted"

lolling, lounging

adj. lying in a relaxed manner

prone, prostrate

adj. lying face downward

slouched, slouching, slumped

adj. with shoulders drooping

supine, resupine

adj. lying face upward

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