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Meaning of 'prostrate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Prostrate [ a.]
- Lying at length, or with the body extended on the ground or other surface; stretched out; as, to sleep prostrate.
- Lying at mercy, as a supplicant.
- Lying in a humble, lowly, or suppliant posture.
- Trailing on the ground; procumbent.
2 . Prostrate [ v. t.]
- To lay fiat; to throw down; to level; to fell; as, to prostrate the body; to prostrate trees or plants.
- to overthrow; to demolish; to destroy; to deprive of efficiency; to ruin; as, to prostrate a village; to prostrate a government; to prostrate law or justice.
- To throw down, or cause to fall in humility or adoration; to cause to bow in humble reverence; used reflexively; as, he prostrated himself.
- To cause to sink totally; to deprive of strength; to reduce; as, a person prostrated by fever.

Meaning of 'prostrate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . prostrate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- throw down flat, as on the ground
Example in sentence:
  • She prostrated herself with frustration
Meaning (2):
- render helpless or defenseless
Example in sentence:
  • They prostrated the enemy
3 . prostrate [ s]
Meaning (3):
- stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
Example in sentence:
  • found himself lying flat on the floor

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