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prostrate
lying flat on the ground from exhaustion, submission, or distress
Synonyms
- prone
- recumbent
- outstretched
Antonyms
- upright
- standing
- erect
prostrate in a sentence
Overcome by the heat, the runner lay prostrate beside the road.
The defeated soldier remained prostrate before the victorious commander.
Where it comes from
From Latin prosternere, meaning 'to throw down.'
Memory hook
PROSTRATE contains STRAIGHT: stretched straight and flat on the ground.
Read it in context
- The Valley Remembers Nature