Sickness often prostrates people. In prostrating one enemy, he had mortified a hundred (Scott).
a prostrate enemy, to be prostrate with grief.
b) submissive: »prostrate humility.
a prostrate stem or plant.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
pros — pros·ar·thri; pros·bul; pros·cop·i·nous; pros·cop·i·ny; pros·e·cut·able; pros·e·cute; pros·e·cu·tion; pros·e·cu·tor; pros·e·cu·to·ry; pros·e·cu·trix; pros·e·lyt·er; pros·e·lyt·i·cal; pros·e·lyt·ism; pros·e·lyt·ist; pros·e·lyt·iza·tion;… … English syllables
trate — ad·min·is·trate; an·gus·ti·ros·trate; ar·bi·trate; cal·ci·trate; con·trate; cul·trate; di·op·trate; fe·nes·trate; im·pe·trate; lus·trate; mag·is·trate; mag·is·trate·ship; mi·trate; or·ches·trate; pen·e·trate; per·lus·trate; per·pe·trate;… … English syllables
prostrate — pros·trate … English syllables
prostrate — pros·trate präs .trāt adj completely overcome <was prostrate from the heat> prostrate vt, pros·trat·ed; pros·trat·ing to put into a state of extreme bodily exhaustion <prostrated by fever> … Medical dictionary
prostrate — pros|trate1 [ pra,streıt ] adjective FORMAL 1. ) lying with your body completely flat, for example because you are sick or tired a ) lying flat on the ground with your face downward as a sign of respect or worship 2. ) extremely tired or upset… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
prostrate — pros•trate [[t]ˈprɒs treɪt[/t]] v. trat•ed, trat•ing, adj. 1) to cast (oneself) facedown on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration 2) to lay flat, as on the ground 3) to throw down level with the ground 4) to overthrow, overcome, or… … From formal English to slang
Deprostrate — De*pros trate, a. Fully prostrate; humble; low; rude. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] How may weak mortal ever hope to file His unsmooth tongue, and his deprostrate style. G. Fletcher. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Prostrate — Pros trate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prostrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prostrating}.] 1. To lay fiat; to throw down; to level; to fell; as, to prostrate the body; to prostrate trees or plants. Evelyn. [1913 Webster] 2. to overthrow; to demolish; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Prostrate — Pros trate, a. [L. prostratus, p. p. of prosternere to prostrate; pro before, forward + sternere to spread out, throw down. See {Stratum}.] 1. Lying at length, or with the body extended on the ground or other surface; stretched out; as, to sleep… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Prostrated — Prostrate Pros trate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prostrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prostrating}.] 1. To lay fiat; to throw down; to level; to fell; as, to prostrate the body; to prostrate trees or plants. Evelyn. [1913 Webster] 2. to overthrow; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
