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verbget into a prostrate position, as in submission
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adjectivelying face downward
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adjectivestretched out and lying at full length along the ground
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"They prostrated the enemy"verbrender helpless or defenseless
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"She prostrated herself with frustration"verbthrow down flat, as on the groundtype of:
Definition that contains prostrate
- hop clover prostrate European herb with small yellow flowers and curved black pods; naturalized in North America
- selaginella eremophila prostrate spikemoss; California
- live-and-die prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled
- sea spurry prostrate weedy herb with tiny pink flowers; widespread throughout Europe and Asia on sand dunes and heath and coastal cliffs; naturalized in eastern North America
- touch-me-not prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled
- abronia umbellata prostrate herb having heads of deep pink to white flowers; found in coastal dunes from British Columbia to Baja California
- coral vine prostrate or twining woody vine with small leathery leaves and umbels of red flowers; Australia and Tasmania
- nierembergia rivularis prostrate woody South American herb with white tubular flowers often tinged with blue or rose
- baby's tears prostrate or creeping Corsican herb with moss-like small round short-stemmed leaves
- medicago lupulina prostrate European herb with small yellow flowers and curved black pods; naturalized in North America