Definitions of prostrate [ˈprɒs treɪt]

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Definition of 'prostrate'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) prostrate
to cast (oneself) facedown on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.

2.  prostrate
to lay flat, as on the ground.

3.  prostrate
to throw down level with the ground.

4.  prostrate
to overthrow, overcome, or reduce to helplessness.

5.  prostrate
to reduce to physical weakness or exhaustion.

6. (adj.) prostrate
lying flat or at full length, as on the ground.

7.  prostrate
lying facedown on the ground, as in humility.

8.  prostrate
overthrown, overcome, or helpless:
a country left prostrate by natural disasters.

9.  prostrate
physically weak or exhausted.

10.  prostrate
submissive.

11.  prostrate
utterly dejected; disconsolate.

12.  prostrate
(of a plant or stem) lying flat on the ground.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME prostrat < L prōstrātus, ptp. of prōsternere to knock flat, exhaust =prō-pro -¹+sternere to spread, lay, strew)

Definition of 'prostrate'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) flat, prostrate
stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
"found himself lying flat on the floor"

2. (verb) prone, prostrate
lying face downward

3. (verb) prostrate, bow down
get into a prostrate position, as in submission

4. (verb) prostrate
render helpless or defenseless
"They prostrated the enemy"

5. (verb) prostrate
throw down flat, as on the ground
"She prostrated herself with frustration"

Definition of 'prostrate'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) prostrate
lying at length, or with the body extended on the ground or other surface; stretched out; as, to sleep prostrate

2. (adj) prostrate
lying at mercy, as a supplicant

3. (adj) prostrate
lying in a humble, lowly, or suppliant posture

4. (adj) prostrate
trailing on the ground; procumbent

5. (verb) prostrate
to lay fiat; to throw down; to level; to fell; as, to prostrate the body; to prostrate trees or plants

6. (verb) prostrate
to overthrow; to demolish; to destroy; to deprive of efficiency; to ruin; as, to prostrate a village; to prostrate a government; to prostrate law or justice

7. (verb) prostrate
to throw down, or cause to fall in humility or adoration; to cause to bow in humble reverence; used reflexively; as, he prostrated himself

8. (verb) prostrate
to cause to sink totally; to deprive of strength; to reduce; as, a person prostrated by fever

Translation of 'prostrate'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: lying flat, especially face downwards.
Afrikaans: gesig na onder	Arabic: مُنْبَطِح على وَجْهِه	Bulgarian: проснат
Brazilian: deitado	Czech: ležící tváří dolů	German: hingestreckt
Danish: næsegrus	Greek: πεσμένος μπρούμυτα	Spanish: postrado
Estonian: maaslamav	Farsi: دمر	Finnish: vatsallaan
French: couché à plat ventre	Hebrew: שָׁכוּב אַפָּיִים אַרצָה	Hindi: दण्डवत किया हुआ
Hungarian: hason fekvő	Indonesian: tengkurap	Icelandic: sem liggur flatur (á grúf
Italian: prostrato	Japanese: ひれ伏した	Korean: 엎드린
Lithuanian: kniūpsčias, paslikas	Latvian: uz mutes/vēdera gulošs	Malay: tertiarap
Dutch: vooroverliggend	Norwegian: nesegrus, utstrakt	Polish: leżący (twarzą w dół) na
Persian: دمر	Pashto: پرمخ نسكور	Portuguese: deitado
Romanian: întins la pământ, culcat	Russian: распростёртый	Slovak: ležiaci tvárou dolu
Slovenian: ležeč (na trebuhu)	Serbian: ispružen	Swedish: framstupa
Thai: นอนคว่ำ	Turkish: yüzükoyun yatmış	Taiwanese: 面向下平臥的，俯臥的
Ukrainian: розпростертий; такий, що	Urdu: منھ کے بل گرا ہوا	Vietnamese: nằm sóng soài
Chinese: 面向下平卧的，俯卧的
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