prostrate

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Lying flat, face-down.
2. (figuratively, not-comparable) Emotionally devastated.
3. (not-comparable) Physically incapacitated from environmental exposure or debilitating disease.
4. (not-comparable) Trailing on the ground; procumbent.
5. (not-comparable, obsolete) Prostrated.

Verb

1. (often, reflexive) To lie flat or face-down.
2. (also, figuratively) To throw oneself down in submission.
3. To cause to lie down, to flatten.
4. (figuratively) To overcome or overpower.

Concepts

prosterner

se prosterner

prosternation

prostré

fatigué

à plat ventre

enclin à

abattre

raviné

battre

enclin

hâve

accablé

Opposé de

supine

Synonymes

flat

prone

lie down

bow

🙇

bow down

tired

😫

weak

wonky

worship

exhausted

procumbent

faint

drooping

droopy

infirm

fatigued

run-down

kowtow

sluggish

languid

languorous

crouch

overthrow

washy

groggy

weakly

dispirit

overthrown

plunge

powerless

pronate

recline

recumbent

reverence

ruin

sick

🤢

subjugated

submissive

surrender

throw

tilt

tire out

transfix

turn over

weaken

wear out

bow and scrape

confined to bed

fall on one’s knees

knocked down

Traductions

prosterno

bitkin

postrado

cansado

😫

teraarde werpen

prostrado

stanco

😫

müde

😫

εξαντλημένος

μπρουμυτίζω

مرهق

vermoeid

cansado

😪

propenso

niederwerfen

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈpɹɒstɹeɪt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English prostrat(e) (“prostrate”, also used as the past participle of prostraten), borrowed from Latin prōstrātus, perfect passive participle of prōsternō (“to prostrate”). Participial usage up until Early Modern English.

Phrases

Hans hurled himself upon the prostrate man , striking madly with his fists .