Definizione monolingua

prostrate

prostrate (third-person singular simple present prostrates, present participle prostrating, simple past and past participle prostrated)

1. (Often reflexive) To lie flat or facedown; to throw oneself down in submission (also figuratively).
2. To cause to lie down, to flatten; (figuratively) to overcome or overpower.
   • 1835, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter XIV, page 175:

     How many of these mighty pines were to be prostrated under that approaching tempest!

prostrate (not comparable)

1. Lying flat, facedown.
   • 1945, Sir Winston Churchill, VE Day speech from House of Commons:

     Finally almost the whole world was combined against the evil-doers, who are now prostrate before us.

2. Emotionally devastated.

   I told him you was prostrate with grief. — Mammy to Scarlett, Gone With the Wind.

3. Physically incapacitated from environmental exposure or debilitating disease.

   He was prostrate from the extreme heat.

Definizione dizionario prostrate

abbattere

accasciare

prostrare

stanco

Altri significati:

(to) prostrate

To cause to lie down, to flatten; (figuratively) to overcome or overpower.

(Often reflexive) To lie flat or facedown; to throw oneself down in submission (also figuratively).

Lying flat, facedown.

to lie flat or facedown, prone

Emotionally devastated.

Physically incapacitated from environmental exposure or debilitating disease.