be+prostrate

  • 21prostrate\ gland — Mispronunciation of prostate gland. (Prostrate means lying down.) Sippowicz: The doctor says I gotta get my prostrate gland removed …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 22prostrate\ gland — Mispronunciation of prostate gland. (Prostrate means lying down.) Sippowicz: The doctor says I gotta get my prostrate gland removed …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 23prostrate — 1 adjective 1 lying on your front with your face towards the ground, for example because you are injured, or are praising God compare prone (2) 2 so shocked, upset etc that you can no longer do anything (+ with): Judy was prostrate with grief… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 24prostrate — prostate, prostrate The prostate (or prostate gland) is a gland surrounding the neck of the bladder in male animals. Prostrate is an adjective and verb: the adjective is pronounced with the stress on the first syllable and means ‘lying… …

    Modern English usage

  • 25prostrate — prostrative /pros treuh tiv/, adj. prostrator, n. /pros trayt/, v., prostrated, prostrating, adj. v.t. 1. to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration. 2. to lay flat, as on the ground. 3. to throw down level… …

    Universalium

  • 26prostrate — See prostrate, prone, supine …

    Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • 27prostrate — Synonyms and related words: abject, accumbent, adorant, adoring, afflict, aggrieve, all in, anguish, backscratching, beat, beat down, beat up, beaten, bedfast, bedridden, beggarly, bend, blow down, blow over, bone weary, bootlicking, bow and… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 28prostrate oneself — throw oneself flat on the ground in reverence or submission. → prostrate …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 29prostrate — adjective prɒstreɪt 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 prɒ streɪt 1》 (prostrate oneself) throw oneself flat on the ground in …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 30prostrate — pros•trate [[t]ˈprɒs treɪt[/t]] v. trat•ed, trat•ing, adj. 1) to cast (oneself) facedown on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration 2) to lay flat, as on the ground 3) to throw down level with the ground 4) to overthrow, overcome, or… …

    From formal English to slang