prostrate
part of speech
adjective; verb (prostrate, prostrates, prostrated, prostrating)
meaning for a pupil
1) Lying flat on the ground with your face down: «He lay prostrate on the floor.» tree →
2) (verb) To prostrate yourself: to lie face down, especially to worship, pray or show great respect or obedience. tree →
3) Completely exhausted, weak or overcome: «prostrate with grief», «prostrate with heat». tree →
sense in the lessons
In religious education people prostrate themselves in prayer (Muslims in sujood, some Christian ceremonies, Bible stories of people bowing down to God or kings). In stories it shows someone collapsed or overcome by feeling. Phrases: «lie prostrate», «prostrate oneself», «prostrate with grief».
examples
- The tired runner lay prostrate on the grass. tree →
- In the Bible story, the brothers prostrated themselves before Joseph. tree →
- Muslims prostrate themselves during their prayers. tree →
- She was prostrate with grief after her dog died. tree →
- The heat left us almost prostrate. tree →
- The soldier fell prostrate before the king. tree →
- These words troubled the heart of Baba-Abdalla, who prostrated himself at the feet of the Caliph. tree →
note
Spelling trap: «prostrate» (lying flat) has an r after the t; «prostate» (no second r) is a gland in men's bodies — a different word. Prostrate means face down; lying on your back is «supine».
In the corpora
- And the man bowed his head, and prostrated himself before the LORD.
- And Bath-sheba bowed, and prostrated herself unto the king.
- And he came and prostrated himself before king Solomon; and Solomon said unto him: 'Go to thy house.'
- Yea, all kings shall prostrate themselves before him; all nations shall serve him.
- All nations whom Thou hast made shall come and prostrate themselves before Thee, O Lord; and they shall glorify Thy name.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «prostrate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.