prostrate

be prostrate with grief

She was prostrate on the floor.

be prostrated by the heat

one who is already prostrate cannot be overthrown.

his wife was prostrate with shock.

prostrate onself before sb.

He was prostrated by illness.

They prostrated themselves before the emperor.

she prostrated herself on the bare floor of the church.

Sickness often prostrates people.

He was prostrated by the loss of his wife.

A root arising from the node of a prostrate stem.

They prostrated themselves before the altar.

The typhoon prostrated numerous young trees.

she was so prostrated by migraine that she could scarcely totter up the stairs to bed.

The young mother was prostrate with grief at her baby's death from pneumonia.