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Definition of Prostrate
1. Adjective. Stretched out and lying at full length along the ground. "Found himself lying flat on the floor"
2. Verb. Get into a prostrate position, as in submission.
3. Adjective. Lying face downward.
4. Verb. Render helpless or defenseless. "They prostrated the enemy"
5. Verb. Throw down flat, as on the ground. "She prostrated herself with frustration"
Definition of Prostrate
1. a. Lying at length, or with the body extended on the ground or other surface; stretched out; as, to sleep prostrate.
2. v. t. To lay fiat; to throw down; to level; to fell; as, to prostrate the body; to prostrate trees or plants.
Definition of Prostrate
1. Adjective. Lying flat, facedown. ¹
2. Adjective. Emotionally devastated. ¹
3. Adjective. Physically incapacitated from environmental exposure or debilitating disease. ¹
4. Verb. (Often reflexive) To lie flat or facedown. ¹
5. Verb. To throw oneself down in submission (also figuratively). ¹
6. Verb. To cause to lie down, to flatten; (figuratively) to overcome or overpower. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prostrate
1. [v -TRATED, -TRATING, -TRATES]
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