English-Thai Dictionary

prostrate

ADJ ที่นอน ราบ กับ พื้น  หมอบ  นอนคว่ำ  prone ti-non-rab-kab-puan

 

prostrate

ADJ หมดกำลัง  อ่อนเพลีย  mod-kam-lang

 

prostrate

VT ทำให้ หมดกำลัง  enervate fatigue weaken energize tam-hai-mod-km-lang

 

prostrate

VT ทำให้ แพ้  ทำลาย  destroy ruin surrender tam-hai-pare

 

prostrate

VT หมอบ  หมอบ ราบ  fall on one's knees bow and scrape mob

 

prostrate before

PHRV หมอบ  bow before mob

 

prostrated

ADJ ซึ่ง หมดแรง  tired sueng-mod-rang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROSTRATE

a.[L. prostratus, from prosterno, to lay flat; pro and sterno. ] 1. Lying at length, or with the body extended on the ground or other surface.
Groveling and prostrate on yon lake of fire.
2. Lying at mercy, as a supplicant.
3. Lying in the posture of humility of adoration.

 

PROSTRATE

v.t.To lay flat; to throw down; as, to prostrate the body; to prostrate trees or plants. 1. To throw down; to overthrow; to demolish; to ruin; as, to prostrate a village; to prostrate a government; to prostrate law or justice; to prostrate the honor of a nation.
2. To prostrate one's self, to throw one's self down or to fall in humility or adoration.
3. To bow in humble reverence.
4. To sink totally; to reduce; as, to prostrate strength.

 

PROSTRATED

pp. Laid at length; laid flat; thrown down; destroyed.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PROSTRATE

Pros "trate, a. Etym: [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 prostrate Elyot. Groveling and prostrate on yon lake of fire. Milton.

 

2. Lying at mercy, as a supplicant. Dryden.

 

3. Lying in a humble, lowly, or suppliant posture. Prostrate fall Before him reverent, and there confess Humbly our faults. Milton.

 

4. (Bot. )

 

Defn: Trailing on the ground; procumbent.

 

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.

 

2. to overthrow; to demolish; to destroy; to deprive of efficiency; to ruin; as, to prostrate a village; to prostrate a government; to prostrate law or justice.

 

3. To throw down, or cause to fall in humility or adoration; to cause to bow in humble reverence; used reflexively; as, he prostrated himself. Milman.

 

4. To cause to sink totally; to deprive of strength; to reduce; as, a person prostrated by fever.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

prostrate

pros trate |ˈpräsˌtrāt ˈprɑˌstreɪt | ▶adjective lying stretched out on the ground with one's face downward. • [ predic. ] completely overcome or helpless, esp. with illness, distress, or exhaustion: his wife was prostrate with shock. • Botany growing along the ground. ▶verb |ˈprɑːstreɪt | [ with obj. ] 1 (prostrate oneself ) lay oneself flat on the ground face downward, esp. in reverence or submission: she prostrated herself on the bare floor of the church. 2 (of distress, exhaustion, or illness ) reduce (someone ) to extreme physical weakness: she was prostrated by a migraine that she could scarcely get up the stairs. ORIGIN Middle English: from Latin prostratus ‘thrown down, ’ past participle of prosternere, from pro- ‘before ’ + sternere ‘lay flat. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

prostrate

pros |trate ▶adjective |ˈprɒstreɪt | 1 lying stretched out on the ground with one's face downwards. • [ predic. ] completely overcome or helpless, especially with distress or exhaustion: his wife was prostrate with shock. 2 Botany growing along the ground. ▶verb |prɒˈstreɪt | [ with obj. ] 1 (prostrate oneself ) throw oneself flat on the ground so as to be lying face downwards, especially in reverence or submission: she prostrated herself on the bare floor of the church. 2 reduce (someone ) to extreme physical weakness: she was so prostrated by migraine that she could scarcely totter up the stairs to bed. ORIGIN Middle English: from Latin prostratus ‘thrown down ’, past participle of prosternere, from pro- ‘before ’ + sternere ‘lay flat ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

prostrate

prostrate adjective 1 the prostrate figure on the ground: prone, lying flat, lying down, stretched out, spread-eagled, sprawling, horizontal, recumbent; rare procumbent. ANTONYMS upright. 2 his wife was prostrate with shock: overwhelmed, overcome, overpowered, brought to one's knees, stunned, dazed; speechless, helpless. 3 the fever left me prostrate: worn out, exhausted, fatigued, tired out, sapped, dog-tired, spent, drained, debilitated, enervated, laid low; informal dead, dead beat, dead on one's feet, ready to drop, bushed, frazzled, worn to a frazzle, whacked, pooped. ANTONYMS fresh. ▶verb she was prostrated by the tragedy: overwhelm, overcome, overpower, bring to one's knees, devastate, debilitate, weaken, enfeeble, enervate, lay low, wear out, exhaust, tire out, drain, sap, wash out, take it out of; informal frazzle, do in, poop. PHRASES prostrate oneself he prostrated himself on the altar mat: throw oneself flat /down, lie down, stretch oneself out; throw oneself (at someone's feet ).

 

Oxford Thesaurus

prostrate

prostrate adjective |(stress on the first syllable ) | 1 they surged forward around the prostrate figure on the ground: prone, lying flat, lying down, flat, stretched out, spreadeagled, sprawling, horizontal, recumbent, on one's front; rare procumbent. ANTONYMS upright. 2 his wife was prostrate with shock: overwhelmed, overcome, overpowered, brought to one's knees, crushed, stunned, dazed; speechless, helpless, paralysed, laid low, impotent; informal knocked /hit for six. 3 the fever which had just left me prostrate: worn out, exhausted, fatigued, tired out, overtired, weary, sapped, dog-tired, spent, drained, played out, debilitated, enervated, low; informal all in, done (in /up ), dead, dead beat, dead tired, dead on one's feet, ready to drop, fagged out, bushed, whacked, worn to a frazzle, burnt-out; Brit. informal knackered; N. Amer. informal pooped. ANTONYMS fresh. ▶verb |(stress on the second syllable ) |she expected to find Kathleen prostrated by the tragedy in her family: overwhelm, overcome, overpower, bring someone to their knees, crush, devastate, make helpless, paralyse, lay low, make powerless, debilitate, incapacitate, weaken, enfeeble, devitalize, enervate, handicap, immobilize, hamstring, make impotent, wear out, exhaust, tire out, fatigue, weary, make weary, drain, sap, wash out, take it out of, tax, overtax, undermine; informal knacker, whack, frazzle, do in, knock out, fag out; N. Amer. informal poop. PHRASES prostrate oneself he prostrated himself on the altar mat: throw oneself flat, throw oneself down, lie down, stretch oneself out, bow low, throw oneself at someone's feet; dated measure one's length.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

prostrate

pros trate /prɑ́streɪt |prɔ́s -/形容詞 1 ひれ伏した, うつ伏せになった (prone ).2 «…で » 打ちひしがれた, 意気消沈した «with » ; 〈国などが 〉敗北した .動詞 他動詞 1 〖～ oneself 〗身を伏せる ; 屈服 [平伏 ]する .2 ｟かたく ｠〖be ～d 〗 «…で » 極度に衰弱させられる «by » ; うちひしがれる .