Associations to the word «Prostrate» - Word Associations Network

Noun

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.

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.

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.

Leo Tolstoy