prostrate

prostrate
1. a распростёртый, лежащий ничком
2. a поверженный, попранный

prostrate enemy — поверженный враг

3. a покорный; смиренный
4. a обессиленный; измождённый; в прострации

prostrate with fatigue — обессилевший от усталости

prostrate with fear — скованный ужасом

5. a бот. стелющийся
6. v опрокинуть, повергнуть

the storm prostrated hundreds of trees — буря повалила сотни деревьев

7. v падать ниц; унижаться

to prostrate oneself before rank and wealth — унижаться перед чинами и богатством

8. v лежать ничком
9. v истощать, изнурять; ослаблять

to prostrate the enemy — изматывать врага

10. v сломить, подавить нравственно; подчинить; унизить

he is prostrated by the loss of his wife — он подавлен потерей жены

Синонимический ряд:
1. deferential (adj.) accepting; compliant; deferential; docile; obedient; passive; resigned; submissive; subservient
2. exhausted (adj.) bushed; drained; exhausted; jaded; spent; tired; whipped; wiped out; worn out
3. overcome (adj.) beaten; crushed; defenceless; defenseless; flattened; humbled; overcome; overpowered; reduced; weak
4. prone (adj.) decumbent; flat; horizontal; procumbent; prone; reclining; recumbent; stretched out; supine
5. abase (verb) abase; bow; crawl; give in; grovel; kneel; obey; surrender; yield
6. enervate (verb) enervate; tire; weary
7. fell (verb) bowl down; bowl over; bring down; cut down; deck; down; drop; fell; flatten; ground; knock down; lay low; level; mow down; throw; tumble
8. overthrow (verb) defeat; destroy; floor; overthrow; reduce; ruin; throw down; wreck
9. overwhelm (verb) crush; drown; engulf; knock over; overcome; overpower; overwhelm; whelm
10. paralyze (verb) cripple; disable; disarm; immobilise; immobilize; incapacitate; paralyse; paralyze
Антонимический ряд:
invigorated; raise; refresh; resist; vertical

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  • Prostrate — Pros trate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prostrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prostrating}.] 1. To lay fiat; to throw down; to level; to fell; as, to prostrate the body; to prostrate trees or plants. Evelyn. [1913 Webster] 2. to overthrow; to demolish; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Prostrate — Pros trate, a. [L. prostratus, p. p. of prosternere to prostrate; pro before, forward + sternere to spread out, throw down. See {Stratum}.] 1. Lying at length, or with the body extended on the ground or other surface; stretched out; as, to sleep… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • prostrate — [adj1] flat, horizontal abject, bowed low, procumbent, prone, reclining, recumbent, supine; concept 583 Ant. erect, straight, upright, vertical prostrate [adj2] helpless beaten, defenseless, disarmed, impotent, open, overcome, overpowered,… …   New thesaurus

  • prostrate — [präs′trāt΄] adj. [ME prostrat < L prostratus, pp. of prosternere, to lay flat < pro , before + sternere, to stretch out < IE base * ster > STREW] 1. lying with the face downward in demonstration of great humility or abject submission …   English World dictionary

  • prostrate — ► ADJECTIVE 1) lying stretched out on the ground with one s face downwards. 2) completely overcome with distress or exhaustion. 3) Botany growing along the ground. ► VERB 1) (prostrate oneself) throw oneself flat on the ground in reverence or… …   English terms dictionary

  • prostrate — index disable, helpless (powerless), overcome (overwhelm), overthrow, servile, subservient …   Law dictionary

  • prostrate — *prone, supine, recumbent, couchant, dormant Analogous words: flat, *level: abject (see MEAN) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • prostrate — prostrates, prostrating, prostrated (The verb is pronounced [[t]prɒstre͟ɪt, AM prɑ͟ːstreɪt[/t]]u>. The adjective is pronounced [[t]prɒ̱streɪt[/t]]u>.) 1) VERB If you prostrate yourself, you lie down flat on the ground, on your front,… …   English dictionary

  • prostrate — pros|trate1 [ˈprɔstreıt US ˈpra: ] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of prosternere, from sternere to spread out, throw down ] 1.) lying on your front with your face towards the ground ▪ They found him lying prostrate on… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • prostrate — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English prostrat, from Anglo French, from Latin prostratus, past participle of prosternere, from pro before + sternere to spread out, throw down more at strew Date: 14th century 1. stretched out with face on the… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • prostrate — {{11}}prostrate (adj.) mid 14c., from L. prostratus, pp. of prosternere strew in front, throw down, from pro forth (see PRO (Cf. pro )) + sternere to spread out, from PIE root *stere to spread, extend, stretch out (see STRUCTURE (Cf. structure)) …   Etymology dictionary


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