'Prostrate' definitions:

Definition of 'prostrate'

From: WordNet
adjective
Stretched out and lying at full length along the ground; "found himself lying flat on the floor" [syn: flat, prostrate]
adjective
Lying face downward [syn: prone, prostrate]
verb
Get into a prostrate position, as in submission [syn: prostrate, bow down]
verb
Render helpless or defenseless; "They prostrated the enemy"
verb
Throw down flat, as on the ground; "She prostrated herself with frustration"

Definition of 'Prostrate'

From: GCIDE
  • 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 destroy; to deprive of efficiency; to ruin; as, to prostrate a village; to prostrate a government; to prostrate law or justice. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To throw down, or cause to fall in humility or adoration; to cause to bow in humble reverence; used reflexively; as, he prostrated himself. --Milman. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To cause to sink totally; to deprive of strength; to reduce; as, a person prostrated by fever. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Prostrate'

From: GCIDE
  • 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 prostrate. --Elyot. [1913 Webster]
  • Groveling and prostrate on yon lake of fire. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Lying at mercy, as a supplicant. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Lying in a humble, lowly, or suppliant posture. [1913 Webster]
  • Prostrate fall Before him reverent, and there confess Humbly our faults. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Bot.) Trailing on the ground; procumbent. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'prostrate'

From: Moby Thesaurus