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prostrate
('pr/A/str/eI/t )

adjective (a)

  • Lying at length, or with the body extended on the ground or other surface; stretched out; as, to sleep prostrate.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • stretched out and lying at full length along the ground(adj.all)
    Synonym:
    flat
    source: wordnet30
  • lying face downward(adj.all)
    Synonym:
    prone
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • get into a prostrate position, as in submission(verb.motion)
    Synonym:
    bow down
    source: wordnet30
  • render helpless or defenseless(verb.change)
    Example:
    They prostrated the enemy.
    source: wordnet30
  • throw down flat, as on the ground(verb.contact)
    Example:
    She prostrated herself with frustration.
    source: wordnet30
  • To lay fiat; to throw down; to level; to fell; as, to prostrate the body; to prostrate trees or plants.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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