prostrate

/หˆpษนษ’stษนeษชt/

IPA: /P R AA1 S T R EY0 T/

verb
  1. 1

    To lie flat or face-down.

  2. 2

    To throw oneself down in submission.

  3. 3

    To cause to lie down, to flatten.

  4. 4

    To overcome or overpower.

adjective
  1. 1

    Lying flat, face-down.

    syn:prone
    ant:supine
  2. 2

    Emotionally devastated.

  3. 3

    Physically incapacitated from environmental exposure or debilitating disease.

    โ€œHe was prostrate from the extreme heat.โ€

  4. 4

    Trailing on the ground; procumbent.

Synonyms

prone

Antonyms

supine

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