📖 Definitions of "Prostrate"
verb
- 1
To lie flat or face-down.
- 2
To throw oneself down in submission.
- 3
To cause to lie down, to flatten.
- 4
To overcome or overpower.
adjective
- 1
Lying flat, face-down.
- 2
Emotionally devastated.
- 3
Physically incapacitated from environmental exposure or debilitating disease.
"He was prostrate from the extreme heat."
- 4
Trailing on the ground; procumbent.
🔄 Synonyms of "Prostrate"
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💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Prostrate"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| proneverb | Lying face-down. |
| bow downverb | (intransitive, idiomatic) To bow, to bend oneself as a gesture of deference or respect. |
| flatnoun | Having no variations in height. |
| unerect | Not erect. |
| prostatic | (anatomy) Relating to the prostate gland. |
| prostatenoun | The prostate gland. |
| face-downnoun | (of a person or object) In a manner such that the face, front, or surface which is normally directed forward for viewing is positioned downward. |
| flattened | Made flat by something. |
| recumbentnoun | Lying down. |
| horizontalnoun | Perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat. |
| overwhelmed | a single from the Christian rock group Big Daddy Weave. |
| exhausted | Very tired; zonked (out). |
| incapacitated | Rendered unable to act; restricted from taking action. |
| lyingnoun | An act or telling a lie or falsehood; the practice of telling lies. |
| supinenoun | Lying on its back. |
| bowed | Bent or curved. |
| grovelingnoun | The act of one who grovels. |
| sprawled | spread out irregularly |
| kowtowingnoun | The act of one who kowtows; a submissive bow. |
| spent | Consumed, used up, exhausted, depleted. |
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