Definition of prostrate Prostrate

/pɹɑˈstɹejt/ - [prastreyt] - pros•trate

We found 21 definitions of prostrate from 6 different sources.

What does prostrate mean?

Verb prostrates, prostrating, prostrated
prostrate - get into a prostrate position, as in submission
		bow down
		lie down, lie assume a reclining position; "lie down on the bed until you feel better"
prostrate - render helpless or defenseless; "They prostrated the enemy"
		modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
prostrate - throw down flat, as on the ground; "She prostrated herself with frustration"
		throw throw (a die) out onto a flat surface; "Throw a six"

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prostrate (Verb)
Often reflexive To lie flat or facedown.
prostrate (Verb)
To throw oneself down in submission also figuratively.
prostrate (Verb)
To cause to lie down, to flatten; figuratively to overcome or overpower.
prostrate (Adjective)
Lying flat, facedown.
prostrate (Adjective)
Emotionally devastated.
prostrate (Adjective)
Physically incapacitated from environmental exposure or debilitating disease.

prostrate (a.)
Lying at length, or with the body extended on the ground or other surface; stretched out; as, to sleep prostrate.
prostrate (a.)
Lying at mercy, as a supplicant.
prostrate (a.)
Lying in a humble, lowly, or suppliant posture.
prostrate (a.)
Trailing on the ground; procumbent.
prostrate (v. t.)
To lay fiat; to throw down; to level; to fell; as, to prostrate the body; to prostrate trees or plants.
prostrate (v. t.)
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.
prostrate (v. t.)
To throw down, or cause to fall in humility or adoration; to cause to bow in humble reverence; used reflexively; as, he prostrated himself.
prostrate (v. t.)
To cause to sink totally; to deprive of strength; to reduce; as, a person prostrated by fever.

prostrate
pros′trāt, adj. thrown forwards on the ground: lying at length: lying at mercy: bent in adoration.—v.t. to throw forwards on the ground: to lay flat: to overthrow: to sink totally: to bow in humble reverence.—n. Prostrā′tion, act of throwing down or laying flat: act of falling down in adoration: dejection: complete loss of strength. [L. pro, forwards, sternĕre, stratum, to strew.]