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What (who) is Prostrate - definition
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Prostrate (disambiguation)
prostrate
(prostrating, prostrated)
1.
If you prostrate yourself, you lie down flat on the ground, on your front, usually to show respect for God or a person in authority.
They prostrated themselves before their king.
VERB: V pron-refl
2.
If you are lying prostrate, you are lying flat on the ground, on your front.
Percy was lying prostrate, his arms outstretched and his eyes closed.
ADJ: ADJ after v
3.
If someone is prostrate, they are so distressed or affected by a very bad experience that they are unable to do anything at all. (FORMAL)
I was prostrate with grief.
= devastated
ADJ: oft ADJ with n
Prostrate
·adj Lying at mercy, as a supplicant.
II. Prostrate ·adj Trailing on the ground; procumbent.
III. Prostrate ·adj Lying in a humble, lowly, or suppliant posture.
IV. Prostrate ·adj Lying at length, or with the body extended on the ground or other surface; stretched out; as, to sleep prostrate.
V. Prostrate ·vt To cause to sink totally; to deprive of strength; to Reduce; as, a person prostrated by fever.
VI. Prostrate ·vt To throw down, or cause to fall in humility or adoration; to cause to bow in humble reverence; used reflexively; as, he prostrated himself.
prostrate
I. a.
1.
Prostrated, prone, stretched out, flat, fallen.
2.
(Bot.) Procumbent.
II. v. a.
1.
Overthrow, overturn, level, fell, demolish, destroy, ruin, throw down, lay flat.
2.
Exhaust, reduce, overcome, depress, bringlow.
Wikipedia
Prostrate
Prostrate may refer to:-
- Prostration, a position of submission in religion etc.
- Prone position, a face-down orientation of the body
- Prostrate shrub, a plant with a trailing habit
Examples of use of Prostrate
1. Khan had surgery for prostrate cancer in September 2006.
2. Some of the women prostrate themselves over the graves.
3. Called the invisible cancer, it kills more people than breast, prostrate and colon cancer combined.
4. Others were so old, frail or shellshocked that they simply lay prostrate on the road.
5. International intervention can, with skill and luck, revive a battered and prostrate nation.