prostrate

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) modif.

1. [Defenseless]

Syn. open, overcome, beaten; see weak 1 , 3 , 6 .

2. [Submissive]

Syn. given in, obedient, subservient; see docile .

3. [Lying on the ground]

Syn. prone, flat, laid low; see lying 4 , supine 1 .

See Synonym Study at supine . v.

1. [To submit]

Syn. give in, obey, surrender; see bow 2 , yield 1 .

2. [To overthrow]

Syn. wreck, destroy, ruin; see defeat 2 .

3. [To bow down]

Syn. fall on one's knees, bow and scrape, kowtow, do obeisance; see bow 1 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.

1. lying face down prone, recumbent, horizontal, flat, supine, in a position of humility, lying in submission, laid out.

2. overcome helpless, overwhelmed, overpowered, crushed, paralyzed, humbled, powerless, exhausted, weak, spent, fatigued, worn out, tired.

ANT.: 1. standing, upright, erect. 2. powerful, emboldened, invigorated

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To cause to fall, as from a shot or blow: bring down, cut down, down, drop, fell1, flatten, floor, ground, knock down, level, strike down, throw. Slang: deck1. Idiom: lay low. See RISE. 2. To affect deeply or completely, as with emotion: crush, engulf, overcome, overpower, overwhelm. See AFFECT. II adjective Lying down: decumbent, flat, horizontal, procumbent, prone, recumbent. See HORIZONTAL.