Associations to the word «Prostrate» - Word Associations Network

Noun

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.

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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