prostrate — Englisches Wörterbuch

Adjektiv

1. Lying flat, face-down.

   Gebrauch

   • not-comparable

   Synonyme

   prone

   Antonyme

   supine

   Beispiele

   Prostrate fall / Before him reverent, and there confess / Humbly our faults.

   Finally almost the whole world was combined against the evil-doers, who are now prostrate before us.

2. Emotionally devastated.

   Gebrauch

   • übertragen
   • not-comparable

3. Physically incapacitated from environmental exposure or debilitating disease.

   Gebrauch

   • not-comparable

   Beispiele

   He was prostrate from the extreme heat.

4. Trailing on the ground; procumbent.

   Gebrauch

   • not-comparable

5. Prostrated.

   Gebrauch

   • not-comparable
   • außer Gebrauch

Verb

1. To lie flat or face-down.

   Gebrauch

   • often
   • reflexiv

2. To throw oneself down in submission.

   Gebrauch

   • also
   • übertragen

   Synonyme

   grovel

   Beispiele

   Those who had the privilege of approaching him, had to prostrate themselves before him in profound humility[…]

   Weitere Beispiele (1)

   But I take the view that the statue is a cheap and cynical stunt by ministers with scant knowledge of history, whose only interest lies in greasing up to modern Indian politicians. With little or no dignity, they shamelessly prostrate themselves in the most craven way.

3. To cause to lie down, to flatten.

   Beispiele

   How many of these mighty pines were to be prostrated under that approaching tempest!

4. To overcome or overpower.

   Gebrauch

   • übertragen

   Beispiele

   Why this very minute she's prostrated with grief.

Adjektiv

1. stretched out and lying at full length along the ground

   Synonyme

   flat

   Beispiele

   found himself lying flat on the floor

2. lying face downward

   Synonyme

   prone

Verb

1. get into a prostrate position, as in submission

   Synonyme

   bow down

   Oberbegriffe

   lie downlie

2. render helpless or defenseless

   Oberbegriffe

   changealtermodify

   Beispiele

   They prostrated the enemy

3. throw down flat, as on the ground

   Oberbegriffe

   throwloft

   Beispiele

   She prostrated herself with frustration