prostrate

(adjective, verb)

adjective

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

Similar word(s): unerect, flat

2. lying face downward

Similar word(s): unerect, prone

Sentences with prostrate as an adjective:

- I told him you was prostrate with grief. — Mammy to Scarlett, Gone With the Wind.

- He was prostrate from the extreme heat.

verb

1. get into a prostrate position, as in submission

Definition categories: motion, lie

2. render helpless or defenseless

- They prostrated the enemy

Definition categories: change, alter, modify

3. throw down flat, as on the ground

- She prostrated herself with frustration

Definition categories: contact, throw