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prostrate
Meaning: lying flat on the ground from exhaustion, submission, or distress
prostrate in a sentence
How prostrate is used in real sentences:
Overcome by the heat, the runner lay prostrate beside the road.
The defeated soldier remained prostrate before the victorious commander.
“At a carcass site, an exhausted elk lay prostrate in snow; beyond it, each cleft hoofprint held twin beads of meltwater.”
— from the passage The Valley Remembers
Synonyms for prostrate
Other words for prostrate — prone, recumbent and outstretched — carry the same meaning.
- prone
- recumbent
- outstretched
Antonyms of prostrate
Words that mean the opposite of prostrate:
- upright
- standing
- erect
Where it comes from
From Latin prosternere, meaning 'to throw down.'
Memory hook
PROSTRATE contains STRAIGHT: stretched straight and flat on the ground.