Associations to the word «Prostrate»
Noun
Adjective
- Motionless
- Trampled
- Nigh
- Moaning
- Lifeless
- Destitute
- Malignant
- Strewn
- Overwhelmed
- Fleshy
- Senseless
- Savage
- Irresistible
- Benevolent
- Horrid
- Bosom
- Hairy
- Weeping
- Deprived
- Aught
- Dwarf
- Neuron
- Outlawed
- Colossal
- Deciduous
- Leaping
- Crushed
- Crawling
- Bow
- Stricken
- Leafy
- Desolate
- Withered
- Adorned
- Wretched
- Degraded
- Virtuous
- Cf
- Forthwith
- Captive
- Humble
- Shock
Wiktionary
PROSTRATE, adjective. Lying flat, facedown.
PROSTRATE, adjective. Emotionally devastated.
PROSTRATE, adjective. Physically incapacitated from environmental exposure or debilitating disease.
PROSTRATE, adjective. (botany) Trailing on the ground; procumbent.
PROSTRATE, verb. (Often reflexive) To lie flat or facedown.
PROSTRATE, verb. To throw oneself down in submission (also figuratively).
PROSTRATE, verb. To cause to lie down, to flatten; (figuratively) to overcome or overpower.
Dictionary definition
PROSTRATE, verb. Get into a prostrate position, as in submission.
PROSTRATE, verb. Render helpless or defenseless; "They prostrated the enemy".
PROSTRATE, verb. Throw down flat, as on the ground; "She prostrated herself with frustration".
PROSTRATE, adjective. Stretched out and lying at full length along the ground; "found himself lying flat on the floor".
PROSTRATE, adjective. Lying face downward.
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.