Le mot anglais avancé du jour

Définitions

anglais > français
prostrate
1. v. Prosterner.
2. v. (To prostrate oneself) Se prosterner.
3. adj. Prostré, effondré.
I told him you was prostrate with grief. — Mammy to Scarlett, Gone With the Wind.
4. adj. Allongé, couché (face contre terre).
5. adj. Rampant (pour une plante).
anglais > anglais
prostrate
1. adj. Lying flat, face-down.
2. adj. Emotionally devastated.
3. adj. Physically incapacitated from environmental exposure or debilitating disease.
He was prostrate from the extreme heat.
4. adj. (botany) Trailing on the ground; procumbent.
5. v. (often reflexive) To lie flat or facedown.
6. v. To throw oneself down in submission (also figurative).
7. v. To cause to lie down, to flatten; (figuratively) to overcome or overpower.

Prononciation

Exemples de phrases

You can't prostrate yourself before your king to demonstrate your loyalty, respect, and admiration?  Those that still believe bow and prostrate at your great magnificence that outshines us all.

Revoir les mots précédents

Aléatoire