Associations to the word «Prostrate»
Noun
Adjective
- Motionless
- Trampled
- Nigh
- Moaning
- Lifeless
- Destitute
- Malignant
- Strewn
- Overwhelmed
- Fleshy
- Senseless
- Savage
- Irresistible
- Benevolent
- Horrid
- Bosom
- Hairy
- Weeping
- Deprived
- Aught
- Dwarf
- Neuron
- Outlawed
- Colossal
- Deciduous
- Leaping
- Crushed
- Crawling
- Bow
- Stricken
- Leafy
- Desolate
- Withered
- Adorned
- Wretched
- Degraded
- Virtuous
- Cf
- Forthwith
- Captive
- Humble
- Shock
Wiktionary
PROSTRATE, adjective. Lying flat, facedown.
PROSTRATE, adjective. Emotionally devastated.
PROSTRATE, adjective. Physically incapacitated from environmental exposure or debilitating disease.
PROSTRATE, adjective. (botany) Trailing on the ground; procumbent.
PROSTRATE, verb. (Often reflexive) To lie flat or facedown.
PROSTRATE, verb. To throw oneself down in submission (also figuratively).
PROSTRATE, verb. To cause to lie down, to flatten; (figuratively) to overcome or overpower.
Dictionary definition
PROSTRATE, verb. Get into a prostrate position, as in submission.
PROSTRATE, verb. Render helpless or defenseless; "They prostrated the enemy".
PROSTRATE, verb. Throw down flat, as on the ground; "She prostrated herself with frustration".
PROSTRATE, adjective. Stretched out and lying at full length along the ground; "found himself lying flat on the floor".
PROSTRATE, adjective. Lying face downward.
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