Prostrate - definition, pronunciation, transcription
verb
- render helpless or defenseless
adjective
- lying face downward (syn: prone)
Extra examples
The police found the body in a prostrate position.
She was lying prostrate on the bed.
They were prostrate from the heat.
...an athlete prostrated for weeks by a bout of pneumonia...
...the huge increase in gas prices really prostrated the nation's economic engine...
The natives prostrated themselves before the figure of the god.
He prostrated himself at every shrine.
He is completely prostrated by the fever.
They found him lying prostrate on the floor.
Julie was prostrate with grief after her father's death.
They prostrated the enemy
She prostrated herself with frustration
Word forms
I/you/we/they: prostrate
he/she/it: prostrates
present participle: prostrating
past tense: prostrated
past participle: prostrated
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