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   prostrate

   adjective

   • 1. lying stretched out on the ground with one's face downwards: "there was a man praying before an idol, lying prostrate" Similar pronelying flatlying downflatstretched outspreadeagledsprawlinghorizontalrecumbenton one's frontrare:procumbentOpposite upright
   • 2. completely overcome or helpless, especially with distress or exhaustion: "his wife was prostrate with shock" Similar overwhelmedovercomeoverpoweredbrought to one's kneescrushedstunneddazedspeechlesshelplessparalysedlaid lowimpotentinformal:knocked/hit for sixworn outexhaustedfatiguedtired outovertiredwearysappeddog-tiredspentdrainedplayed outdebilitatedenervatedlowinformal:all indone (in/up)deaddead beatdead tireddead on one's feetready to dropfagged outbushedwhackedworn to a frazzleburnt-outknackeredpoopedOpposite fresh
   • 3. growing along the ground: "mats of prostrate herbs can be used to break up expanses of soil"

   verb

   • 1. throw oneself flat on the ground so as to be lying face downwards, especially in reverence or submission: "she prostrated herself on the bare floor of the church"
   • 2. reduce (someone) to extreme physical weakness: "she was so prostrated by migraine that she could scarcely totter up the stairs to bed"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Latin prostratus ‘thrown down’, past participle of prosternere, from pro- ‘before’ + sternere ‘lay flat’.

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