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Meaning of prostrate

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  prostrate
      adj 1: stretched out and lying at full length along the ground;
             "found himself lying flat on the floor" [syn: {flat},
             {prostrate}]
      2: lying face downward [syn: {prone}, {prostrate}]
      v 1: get into a prostrate position, as in submission [syn:
           {prostrate}, {bow down}]
      2: render helpless or defenseless; "They prostrated the enemy"
      3: throw down flat, as on the ground; "She prostrated herself
         with frustration"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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