What is the meaning of prostrate?

verb

  • Get into a prostrate position, as in submission.
  • Render helpless or defenseless.
    • usage: "They prostrated the enemy"
  • Throw down flat, as on the ground.
    • usage: "She prostrated herself with frustration"

adjective

  • Stretched out and lying at full length along the ground.
    • usage: "found himself lying flat on the floor"
  • Lying face downward.
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