prostrate
Lying face down
Prostrate means lying flat, especially face down in submission, exhaustion, or worship: The monks lay prostrate before the altar.
To prostrate oneself is to assume this position deliberately, often as a gesture of reverence or defeat.
Extended uses describe being overcome or helpless: prostrate with grief, a nation prostrate after war.
As a verb, to prostrate means to throw down or reduce to helplessness: The illness prostrated him for weeks.
Inclined or face-down
- supineFlat, face upward
- flatLacking vertical variation
- horizontalParallel to the horizon
- recumbentLying down, resting horizontally
facedown · sprawled · outstretched · spread-eagled · lying · stretched · collapsed · fallen
Fell inward suddenly
- spentExhausted or disbursed
- drainedEmptied of resources
- overcomePrevail against difficulty
- incapacitatedMade unable to act
debilitated · weakened · depleted · enervated · felled · sapped · worn-out · bedridden
Cease resistance, yield
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- capitulateYield under pressure
- deferDelay or submit
- bowRespectful forward inclination
grovel · abase · humble · kneel · supplicate · beg · implore · concede
Bending forward in deference
- kowtowExcessive deference shown physically
- genuflectBend knee reverently
- kneelBend legs to ground
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
veneration · devotion · prayer · obeisance · adoration · supplication · ritual · altar
Prevail against difficulty
- overwhelmedDefeated by sheer volume
- strickenSeriously affected by adversity
- devastatedOverwhelmed by grief
- inconsolableUnable to be comforted
shattered · broken · anguished · bereft · distraught · despairing · crushed · heartbroken
Male reproductive gland
- glandSecreting body organ
- biopsyTissue sample for diagnosis
- examinationMethodical assessment or review
- enlargementIncrease in size
urological · benign · hypertrophy · surgery · cancer · screening · PSA · rectal
prone
Inclined or face-down
- supineFlat, face upward
- flatLacking vertical variation
- horizontalParallel to the horizon
recumbent · facedown · sprawled · outstretched · spread-eagled · lying · stretched · collapsed · fallen · splayed
collapsed
Fell inward suddenly
incapacitated · debilitated · weakened · depleted · enervated · felled · sapped · worn-out · bedridden · immobilized
surrender
Cease resistance, yield
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- capitulateYield under pressure
- deferDelay or submit
bow · grovel · abase · humble · kneel · supplicate · beg · implore · concede · submit
bowing
Bending forward in deference
reverence · veneration · devotion · prayer · obeisance · adoration · supplication · ritual · altar · piety
overcome
Prevail against difficulty
- overwhelmedDefeated by sheer volume
- strickenSeriously affected by adversity
- devastatedOverwhelmed by grief
inconsolable · shattered · broken · anguished · bereft · distraught · despairing · crushed · heartbroken · collapsed
prostate
Male reproductive gland
- glandSecreting body organ
- biopsyTissue sample for diagnosis
- examinationMethodical assessment or review
enlargement · urological · benign · hypertrophy · surgery · cancer · screening · PSA · rectal · bladder
- body positionslying down, flat, upright, standing, sitting
- downward motionsfall, drop, descend, plunge, sink
- surrendersurrender, surrenders, surrendering, I surrender, capitulate
- worshippraying, congregational prayer, adoration, praise God, evening prayer
- bring downbring down, take down, pull down, tear down, knock down
- incapacitatedunconscious, knocked out, out cold, passed out, comatose
- lying prostrateFlat on one's front
prostration, prostrated, prostrating, prostrates, prostrations