Prostrate

['prɒstreɪt] or ['prɑstret]

Definition

(verb.) render helpless or defenseless; 'They prostrated the enemy'.

(verb.) throw down flat, as on the ground; 'She prostrated herself with frustration'.

(verb.) get into a prostrate position, as in submission.

Typed by Howard--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Lying at length, or with the body extended on the ground or other surface; stretched out; as, to sleep prostrate.

(a.) Lying at mercy, as a supplicant.

(a.) Lying in a humble, lowly, or suppliant posture.

(a.) Trailing on the ground; procumbent.

(v. t.) To lay fiat; to throw down; to level; to fell; as, to prostrate the body; to prostrate trees or plants.

(v. t.) to overthrow; to demolish; to destroy; to deprive of efficiency; to ruin; as, to prostrate a village; to prostrate a government; to prostrate law or justice.

(v. t.) To throw down, or cause to fall in humility or adoration; to cause to bow in humble reverence; used reflexively; as, he prostrated himself.

(v. t.) To cause to sink totally; to deprive of strength; to reduce; as, a person prostrated by fever.

Typed by Belinda

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Prostrated, prone, stretched out.[2]. Exhausted, fainting, sinking, overcome.

v. a. [1]. Overthrow, overturn, level, fell, demolish, destroy, ruin, throw down, lay flat, bring to the ground.[2]. Exhaust, reduce, overcome, depress, bring low.

Typed by Adele

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Fallen, flat, procumbent, lifeless, ruined, overpowered, oppressed, prone

ANT:Risen, vertical, erect, upright, reinvigorated, revived, restored

Typist: Ursula

Definition

adj. thrown forwards on the ground: lying at length: lying at mercy: bent in adoration.—v.t. to throw forwards on the ground: to lay flat: to overthrow: to sink totally: to bow in humble reverence.—n. Prostrā′tion act of throwing down or laying flat: act of falling down in adoration: dejection: complete loss of strength.

Typist: Serena