prostrate
IPA: prˈɑstreɪt
verb
- (often reflexive) To lie flat or face-down.
- (also figurative) To throw oneself down in submission.
- To cause to lie down, to flatten.
- (figuratively) To overcome or overpower.
adjective
- Lying flat, face-down.
- (figuratively) Emotionally devastated.
- Physically incapacitated from environmental exposure or debilitating disease.
- (botany) Trailing on the ground; procumbent.
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Examples of "prostrate" in Sentences
- A World News article in some editions Friday misspelled the word as prostrate.
- My joints are stiff, my prostrate is largeAnd I must answer to the man in charge.
- My joints are stiff, my prostrate is large, And I must answer to the man in charge.
- My joints are stiff, my prostrate is large, And I must answer to the captain in charge.
- He recalled the prostrate form of Henry Xonck — it might not be long before Francis Xonck was more powerful than five Harald Crabbés put together.
- Or sit out there making a Daisy Chain, but I think after my photography session I've had enough suspicious glances from my neighbours seeing me yet again prostrate on my lawn.
- By the way, avoid some embarrassment by not confusing prostate, which can be inflamed enough to knock you to the floor, with the word prostrate, which means you are lying flat on the floor.
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