prostrate

(prŏs'trāt')
tr.v., -trat·ed, -trat·ing, -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.]

prostrator pros'tra'tor n.

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verb

1. To cause to fall, as from a shot or blow: bring down, cut down, down, drop, fell¹, flatten, floor, ground, knock down, level, strike down, throw. Slang deck¹. Idioms: lay low. See rise/fall.
2. To affect deeply or completely, as with emotion: crush, engulf, overcome, overpower, overwhelm. See affect/ineffectiveness.

adjective

Lying down: decumbent, flat, horizontal, procumbent, prone, recumbent. See horizontal/vertical/change of position.

adj

Definition: flat, horizontal
Antonyms: erect, straight, upright, vertical

adj

Definition: helpless
Antonyms: happy, self-sufficient, strong, successful

adj

Definition: tired, worn
Antonyms: fresh, hale, healthy, strong

v

Definition: fall on knees; submit
Antonyms: erect, stand, straighten

v

Definition: overwhelm; wear out
Antonyms: aid, assist, assuage, help, please, soothe

Lying on the ground; creeping.

IN BRIEF: Lying prone, or with the head to the ground.

Many weightlifting exercises require you to lie prostrate on a bench.

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For a list of words related to prostrate, see:

• Submissive, Uncertain, or Tentative
• Fixed Positions and Points - prostrate: (adj) lying facedown on the ground
• Approval, Respect, and Recognition - prostrate: (vb) lie facedown on ground as show of submission and respect

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See words rhyming with "prostrate."

  See crossword solutions for the clue Prostrate.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - henstrakt, slået til jorden, ødelagt, lammet, sønderknust
v. tr. - kaste til jorden, gøre knæfald, ødelægge, lamme, udmatte stærkt

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitgestrekt (voorover) liggend, uitgeput, verslagen, uitputten, verslaan, moedeloos maken, neerwerpen

Français (French)
adj. - allongé à plat ventre, prostré, accablé, (fig) prostré, (Bot) rampant
v. tr. - être prostré, être abattu par

Deutsch (German)
adj. - ausgestreckt, erschöpft
v. - zu Boden werfen, erschöpfen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - πρηνής, μπρούμυτα, συντετριμμένος, τσακισμένος, γονατισμένος, πεσμένος στα γόνατα
v. - προσκυνώ, ανατρέπω, σωριάζω καταγής, εξουθενώνω, γονατίζω, πέφτω πρηνής, μπρούμυτα

Italiano (Italian)
prostrato, prostrare

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - prostrado
v. - prostrar

Русский (Russian)
поверженный, раздавленный, лежащий ничком, опрокидывать, унижаться, падать на землю перед

Español (Spanish)
adj. - postrado
v. tr. - postrar

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - framstupa, liggande (på magen), vanmäktig, utmattad
v. - slå ned, ligga utsträckt, falla ned, buga sig till marken, utmatta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
拜倒的, 伏地的, 降伏的, 弄倒, 使俯伏, 使屈服

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 拜倒的, 伏地的, 降伏的
v. tr. - 弄倒, 使俯伏, 使屈服

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 엎어진, 부복한
v. tr. - 넘어뜨리다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - うつぶせにする, 打ちひしぐ, 征服する, 横たえる
adj. - うつぶせになった, ひれ伏した, 力を失った, 疲れ果てた, 疲弊した, 横たわった

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) منبطح على وجهه, منهوك القوى (فعل) طرحه على الارض, أضناه, أنهك‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שוכב על בטנו, מנוצח, חסר-אונים, משתטח‬
v. tr. - ‮הפיל, הכניע, הכריע, נכנע לרגשותיו, צמח אופקית לאדמה, תש כוחו, התרפס‬

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