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Prostrate

ˈprɒstreɪt

Prostrate definitions

adjective

Inflections:

prostrate

lying stretched out on the ground with one's face downwards

"there was a man praying before an idol, lying prostrate"

Synonyms:
prone lying flat lying down flat stretched out spreadeagled sprawling horizontal recumbent on one's front
completely overcome or helpless, especially with distress or exhaustion

"his wife was prostrate with shock"

Synonyms:
overwhelmed overcome overpowered brought to one's knees crushed stunned dazed worn out exhausted fatigued tired out overtired weary sapped dog-tired spent drained played out debilitated enervated low
growing along the ground

"mats of prostrate herbs can be used to break up expanses of soil"

Synonyms:
trailing creeping straggling vining prostrate

verb

Inflections:

prostrate prostrated prostrates prostrating

throw oneself flat on the ground so as to be lying face downwards, especially in reverence or submission

"she prostrated herself on the bare floor of the church"

Synonyms:
throw oneself flat throw oneself down lie down stretch oneself out bow low throw oneself at someone's feet
reduce (someone) to extreme physical weakness

"she was so prostrated by migraine that she could scarcely totter up the stairs to bed"

Synonyms:
overwhelm overcome overpower bring someone to their knees crush devastate make helpless paralyse lay low make powerless debilitate incapacitate weaken enfeeble devitalize enervate handicap immobilize hamstring make impotent wear out exhaust tire out fatigue weary make weary drain sap wash out take it out of tax overtax undermine