1lying stretched out on the ground with one’s face downwards:there was a man praying before an idol, lying prostratethey surged forward around the prostrate figure on the ground
[predic.] completely overcome or helpless, especially with distress or exhaustion:his wife was prostrate with shock
2 Botany growing along the ground:mats of prostrate herbs can be used to break up expanses of soil
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1 (prostrate oneself) throw oneself flat on the ground so as to be lying face downwards, especially in reverence or submission:she prostrated herself on the bare floor of the church
2reduce (someone) to extreme physical weakness:she was so prostrated by migraine that she could scarcely totter up the stairs to bed
