prostrate
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prostrate
prone, supine, incumbent; to lay flat as on the ground; to reduce to physical weakness
Not to be confused with:
prostate – of or pertaining to the prostate gland
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pros·trate
(prŏs′trāt′)tr.v. pros·trat·ed, pros·trat·ing, pros·trates
1. To put or throw flat with the face down, as in submission or adoration: "He did not simply sit and meditate, he also knelt down, sometimes even prostrated himself" (Iris Murdoch).
2. To cause to lie flat: The wind prostrated the young trees.
3. To reduce to extreme weakness or incapacitation; overcome: an illness that prostrated an entire family; a nation that was prostrated by years of civil war.
adj.
1. Lying face down, as in submission or adoration.
2. Lying flat or at full length.
3. Reduced to extreme weakness or incapacitation; overcome.
4. Botany Growing flat along the ground.
[Middle English prostraten, from prostrat, prostrate, from Latin prōstrātus, past participle of prōsternere, to throw down : prō-, forward; see pro-1 + sternere, to spread, cast down; see ster- in Indo-European roots.]
pros′tra′tor n.
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prostrate
adj
1. lying with the face downwards, as in submission
2. exhausted physically or emotionally
3. helpless or defenceless
4. (Botany) (of a plant) growing closely along the ground
vb (tr)
5. to bow or cast (oneself) down, as in submission
6. to lay or throw down flat, as on the ground
7. to make helpless or defenceless
8. to make exhausted
[C14: from Latin prōsternere to throw to the ground, from prō- before + sternere to lay low]
prosˈtration n
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pros•trate
(ˈprɒs treɪt)v. -trat•ed, -trat•ing,
adj. v.t.
1. to cast (oneself) facedown on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.
2. to lay flat, as on the ground.
3. to throw down level with the ground.
4. to overthrow, overcome, or reduce to helplessness.
5. to reduce to physical weakness or exhaustion.
adj. 6. lying flat or at full length, as on the ground.
7. lying facedown on the ground, as in humility.
8. overthrown, overcome, or helpless: a country left prostrate by natural disasters.
9. physically weak or exhausted.
10. submissive.
11. utterly dejected; disconsolate.
12. (of a plant or stem) lying flat on the ground.
[1350–1400; Middle English prostrat < Latin prōstrātus, past participle of prōsternere to knock flat, exhaust =prō- pro-1 + sternere to spread, lay, strew]
pros•tra′tion, n.
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See also related terms for prone.
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prostrate
Past participle: prostrated
Gerund: prostrating
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| Verb | 1. | prostrate - get into a prostrate position, as in submission |
| 2. | prostrate - render helpless or defenseless; "They prostrated the enemy" | |
| 3. | prostrate - throw down flat, as on the ground; "She prostrated herself with frustration" throw - propel through the air; "throw a frisbee" | |
| Adj. | 1. | prostrate - stretched out and lying at full length along the ground; "found himself lying flat on the floor" unerect - not upright in position or posture |
| 2. | prostrate - lying face downward unerect - not upright in position or posture |
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prostrate
adjective
1. prone, fallen, flat, horizontal, abject, bowed low, kowtowing, procumbent Percy was lying prostrate with his arms outstretched.
2. exhausted, overcome, depressed, drained, spent, worn out, desolate, dejected, inconsolable, at a low ebb, fagged out (informal) After my mother's death, I was prostrate with grief.
3. helpless, overwhelmed, disarmed, paralysed, powerless, reduced, impotent, defenceless, brought to your knees Gaston was prostrate on his sickbed.
verb
prostrate yourself bow down to, submit to, kneel to, cringe before, grovel before, fall at someone's feet, bow before, kowtow to, bend the knee to, abase yourself before, cast yourself before, fall on your knees before They prostrated themselves before the king in awe and fear.
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prostrate
verb1. To cause to fall, as from a shot or blow:
bring down, cut down, down, drop, fell, flatten, floor, ground, knock down, level, strike down, throw.
Slang: deck.
Idiom: lay low.
Lying down:
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Translations
مُنْبَطِح على وَجْهِهمُنْهَك القُوىيَطْرَحُ على الأرْضيُنْهِكُ
ležící tváří dolůpadnout na tvářskleslývyčerpatzdrcený
helt udmattetkaste sig i støvetnæsegrus
földre borul
kasta sér flötumörmagnaörmagnastsem liggur flatur
leisgyvispaslikaspulti kniūpsčiam
bez spēkamesties pie kājāmnovārdzinātsatriektsatriekts
ležiaci tvárou dolupadnúť na tvárzlomený
bitkin düşmüşbitkin hâle getirmekyerlere kapanmakyüzükoyun yatmış
prostrate
A. [ˈprɒstreɪt] ADJ
1. (lit) → boca abajo, postrado (Bot) → procumbente
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
prostrate
[ˈprɒstreɪt] adj
(= lying flat) → prostré(e)
[prɒˈstreɪt] vt
to prostrate o.s. [worshipper] → se prosterner
to prostrate o.s. before sb → se prosterner devant qn
to prostrate o.s. [worshipper] → se prosterner
to prostrate o.s. before sb → se prosterner devant qn
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
prostrate
adj → ausgestreckt; he was found prostrate on the floor → man fand ihn ausgestreckt am Boden liegend; the servants lay prostrate at their master’s feet → die Diener lagen demütig or unterwürfig zu Füßen ihres Herrn; prostrate with grief → vor Gram gebrochen; she was prostrate with exhaustion → sie brach fast zusammen vor Erschöpfung
vt usu pass (lit) → zu Boden werfen; (fig) (with fatigue) → erschöpfen, mitnehmen; (with shock) → zusammenbrechen lassen, niederschmettern; to be prostrated by an illness → einer Krankheit (dat) → zum Opfer gefallen sein; to be prostrated with grief → vor Gram gebrochen sein
vr → sich niederwerfen (→ before vor +dat)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
prostrate
[adj ˈprɒstreɪt; vb prɒˈstreɪt]1. adj → bocconi inv; (in respect, submission) → prosternato/a, prostrato/a; (exhausted) prostrate (with) → prostrato/a (da)
2. vt to prostrate o.s. (before sb) → prostrarsi, prosternarsi; (on the floor) → stendersi bocconi (fig) → abbattersi
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
prostrate
(ˈprostreit) adjective1. lying flat, especially face downwards.
2. completely exhausted or overwhelmed. prostrate with grief.
(prəˈstreit) verb 1. to throw (oneself) flat on the floor, especially in respect or reverence. They prostrated themselves before the emperor.
2. to exhaust or overwhelm. prostrated by the long journey.
proˈstration nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
prostrate
a. postrado-a.
en posición prona o supina;
débil, abatido-a;
vr. postrarse; abatirse, debilitarse;
v. postrar; abatir.
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