PROSTRATE as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • render helpless or defenseless
    Usage Example(s)
    • They prostrated the enemy
    Hypernyms(s) prostrate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • throw down flat, as on the ground
    Usage Example(s)
    • She prostrated herself with frustration
    Hypernyms(s) prostrate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  3. Meaning
    • get into a prostrate position, as in submission
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) prostrate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)

PROSTRATE as ADJECTIVE

  1. Meaning
    • stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • found himself lying flat on the floor
    Similar To
  2. Meaning
    • lying face downward
    Synonym(s) Similar To