prostrate — Dizionario inglese

Aggettivo

1. Lying flat, face-down.

   Uso

   • not-comparable

   Sinonimi

   prone

   Contrari

   supine

   Esempi

   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.

   Uso

   • figurato
   • not-comparable

3. Physically incapacitated from environmental exposure or debilitating disease.

   Uso

   • not-comparable

   Esempi

   He was prostrate from the extreme heat.

4. Trailing on the ground; procumbent.

   Uso

   • not-comparable

5. Prostrated.

   Uso

   • not-comparable
   • obsoleto

Verbo

1. To lie flat or face-down.

   Uso

   • often
   • riflessivo

2. To throw oneself down in submission.

   Uso

   • also
   • figurato

   Sinonimi

   grovel

   Esempi

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

   Altri esempi (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.

   Esempi

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

4. To overcome or overpower.

   Uso

   • figurato

   Esempi

   Why this very minute she's prostrated with grief.

Aggettivo

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

   Sinonimi

   flat

   Esempi

   found himself lying flat on the floor

2. lying face downward

   Sinonimi

   prone

Verbo

1. get into a prostrate position, as in submission

   Sinonimi

   bow down

   Termini più generali

   lie downlie

2. render helpless or defenseless

   Termini più generali

   changealtermodify

   Esempi

   They prostrated the enemy

3. throw down flat, as on the ground

   Termini più generali

   throwloft

   Esempi

   She prostrated herself with frustration