Clues for the word "PROSTRATE"
We've had 8 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 7 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on April 14, 2023.
Definition of prostrate
- a. - Lying at length, or with the body extended on the ground or other surface; stretched out; as, to sleep prostrate.
- a. - Lying at mercy, as a supplicant.
- a. - Lying in a humble, lowly, or suppliant posture.
- a. - Trailing on the ground; procumbent.
- v. t. - To lay fiat; to throw down; to level; to fell; as, to prostrate the body; to prostrate trees or plants.
- v. t. - 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.
- v. t. - To throw down, or cause to fall in humility or adoration; to cause to bow in humble reverence; used reflexively; as, he prostrated himself.
- v. t. - To cause to sink totally; to deprive of strength; to reduce; as, a person prostrated by fever.
Referring Clues
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - April 14, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - March 24, 2017
- Guardian Quiptic - November 18, 2013
- Guardian Quick - June 12, 2012
- Guardian Speedy - November 29, 2009
- Washington Post - October 31, 2006
- Guardian Cryptic - September 10, 2004