be+prostrate

  • 31prostrate — verb (t) /prɒsˈtreɪt / (say pros trayt) (prostrated, prostrating) 1. to cast (oneself) down 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 reduce to… …

  • 32prostrate sandmat — gulsčioji driekva statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Karpažolinių šeimos vaistinis nuodingas augalas (Chamaesyce prostrata), paplitęs atogrąžose ir paatogrąžiuose. atitikmenys: lot. Chamaesyce prostrata angl. prostrate sandmat šaltinis… …

    Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • 33prostrate knotweed — paprastoji takažolė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Rūgtinių šeimos vaistinis nuodingas augalas (Polygonum aviculare). atitikmenys: lot. Polygonum aviculare angl. knotgrass; knotweed; prostrate knotweed šaltinis Valstybinės lietuvių kalbos… …

    Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • 34prostrate speedwell — gulsčioji veronika statusas T sritis vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Veronica prostrata angl. harebell; Hungarian speedwell; prostrate speedwell vok. liegender Ehrenpreis; niederliegender Ehrenpreis rus. вероника ползучая; вероника простертая lenk.… …

    Dekoratyvinių augalų vardynas

  • 35prostrate — adj. & v. adj. 1 a lying face downwards, esp. in submission. b lying horizontally. 2 overcome, esp. by grief, exhaustion, etc. (prostrate with self pity). 3 Bot. growing along the ground. v.tr. 1 lay (a person etc.) flat on the ground. 2 (refl.)… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 36prostrate oneself — THROW ONESELF FLAT/DOWN, lie down, stretch oneself out, throw oneself at someone s feet; dated measure one s length. → prostrate …

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  • 37prostrate pigweed — noun : a prostrate or decumbent annual plant (Amaranthus blitoides) native to western No. America but established as a weed elsewhere especially in waste places and neglected fields having alternate simple spatulate leaves and small greenish… …

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  • 38prostrate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. recumbent, prone, flat, supine; debased, abased, humbled; helpless, powerless, resigned. See horizontal. v. t. debase, abase, flatten; bow, submit. See dejection, lowness, servility. II (Roget s IV) …

    English dictionary for students

  • 39prostrate — see STRATA …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 40prostrate —  should be used only with the sense of throwing oneself down in submission or for protection …

    Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors