prostrate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
get into a prostrate position, as in submission
Types & categories
- lie down hypernym
Related & opposite
- prostration derivation
- prostration derivation
Sense 2 adjective
stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
found himself lying flat on the floor
Related & opposite
- unerect similar to
Sense 3 verb
render helpless or defenseless
They prostrated the enemy
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- prostration derivation
Sense 4 adjective
lying face downward
Related & opposite
- unerect similar to
Sense 5 verb
throw down flat, as on the ground
She prostrated herself with frustration
Types & categories
- throw hypernym
Related & opposite
- prostration derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | prostration |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | prostration |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | lie down |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | unerect |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | prostration |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | unerect |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | prostration |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | throw |