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Played without a mute:
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  1. Played without a mute:
  2. (Sports) Having the forward foot farther from the intended point of impact with the ball than the rear foot:
  3. Having interspersed gaps, spaces, or intervals:
beaten
Struck with repeated blows; whipped
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  1. Struck with repeated blows; whipped
  2. Shaped or made thin by hammering
  3. Worn by continuous use; familiar and much traveled:
obedient
Dutifully complying with the commands, orders, or instructions of one in authority.
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  1. Dutifully complying with the commands, orders, or instructions of one in authority.
  2. Obeying or willing to obey; submissive
subservient
Useful as a means or an instrument; serving to promote an end.
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  1. Useful as a means or an instrument; serving to promote an end.
  2. Willing to obey or serve because of being in a lower position; submissive
  3. Obsequiously submissive.
prone
Having a tendency; inclined. Often used in combination:
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  1. Having a tendency; inclined. Often used in combination:
  2. Lying with the front or face downward.
  3. Lying flat or prostrate; in a horizontal position
flat
Of or relating to a hierarchy with relatively few tiers or levels:
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  1. Of or relating to a hierarchy with relatively few tiers or levels:
  2. Having lost effervescence or sparkle:
  3. Not glossy; matte:
give in
(Of a pugilist) to droop the head
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  1. (Of a pugilist) to droop the head
  2. To collapse or fall
  3. (Idiomatic) to relent, yield, surrender or admit defeat
obey
To be guided by; submit to the control of
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  1. To be guided by; submit to the control of
  2. To carry out or fulfill the command, order, or instruction of.
  3. To carry out or comply with (a command, for example).
surrender
To yield or resign (oneself) to an emotion, influence, etc.
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  1. To yield or resign (oneself) to an emotion, influence, etc.
  2. To give up or abandon:
  3. (Law) To effectuate a surrender of.
wreck
To suffer destruction or ruin; become wrecked:
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  1. To suffer destruction or ruin; become wrecked:
  2. To cause to undergo ruin or disaster:
  3. To bring to ruin or disaster; overthrow; thwart; defeat
destroy
To bring about destruction
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  1. To bring about destruction
  2. To kill
  3. To break up or spoil completely; ruin
ruin
To destroy, spoil, or damage irreparably
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  1. To destroy, spoil, or damage irreparably
  2. (Archaic) To go or come to ruin
  3. To bring or reduce to ruin
bow-and-scrape
(Idiomatic, by extension) To behave in a servile, obsequious, or excessively polite manner.
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  1. (Idiomatic, by extension) To behave in a servile, obsequious, or excessively polite manner.
  2. To make a deep bow with the right leg drawn back (thus scraping the flo), left hand pressed across the abdomen, right arm held aside.
kowtow
To show servile deference.
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  1. To show servile deference.
  2. To perform a kowtow
  3. To kneel and touch the forehead to the ground in expression of deep respect, worship, or submission, as formerly done in China.
cut down
(Idiomatic, dated) To slay, often in great numbers.
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  1. (Idiomatic, dated) To slay, often in great numbers.
  2. Used other than as an idiom: see cut,"Ž down.
  3. (Idiomatic) To reduce the amount of something.
down
To a lower volume of sound
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  1. To a lower volume of sound
  2. In, on, or to a lower position or level; specif., to a sitting or reclining position
  3. Toward, to, or on the ground, floor, or bottom:
drop
To fall from a higher to a lower place or position:
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  1. To fall from a higher to a lower place or position:
  2. To lower the level of (the voice).
  3. To let fall by releasing hold of:
fell
To cause to fall; knock down
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  1. To cause to fall; knock down
  2. (Sewing) To turn over (the rough edge of a seam) and sew down flat on the underside
  3. To cause to fall by striking; cut or knock down:
flatten
To knock down; lay low:
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  1. To knock down; lay low:
  2. To become flat or flatter.
  3. To level to the ground
floor
To provide with a floor.
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  1. To provide with a floor.
  2. (Informal) To press down to the floor
  3. To cover or furnish with a floor
ground
The set of shared points in an electrical circuit at which the measured voltage is taken to be zero. The ground is usually connected directly to the power supply and acts as a common “sink” for current flowing through the components in the circuit.
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  1. The set of shared points in an electrical circuit at which the measured voltage is taken to be zero. The ground is usually connected directly to the power supply and acts as a common “sink” for current flowing through the components in the circuit.
  2. To touch or reach the ground.
  3. (Football) To throw or knock (an opposing player) to the ground
level
To bring persons or things to an equal level; equalize.
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  1. To bring persons or things to an equal level; equalize.
  2. (Surveying) To determine the differences in altitude in (a plot of ground)
  3. (Informal) To be frank and open:
throw
To put suddenly or forcefully into a given condition, position, or activity:
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  1. To put suddenly or forcefully into a given condition, position, or activity:
  2. To cause to fall on or over something; cast:
  3. To force (an opponent) to the ground or floor, as in wrestling or the martial arts.
deck
To cover with ornaments; adorn; trim
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  1. To cover with ornaments; adorn; trim
  2. To clothe with finery; adorn. Often used with out:
  3. (Slang) To knock down; floor
crush
To put down with force; subdue:
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  1. To put down with force; subdue:
  2. To proceed or move by crowding or pressing:
  3. To be or become crushed:
engulf
To plunge, as into a gulf
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  1. To plunge, as into a gulf
  2. To swallow up or overwhelm by or as if by overflowing and enclosing:
  3. To swallow up; overwhelm
overcome
To deal with successfully; prevail over; surmount:
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  1. To deal with successfully; prevail over; surmount:
  2. To get the better of in competition, struggle, etc.; conquer
  3. To overpower, as with emotion; affect deeply:
overpower
To supply with more power than is needed
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  1. To supply with more power than is needed
  2. To overcome or vanquish by superior force; subdue.
  3. To get the better of by superior power; make helpless; subdue
overwhelm
To turn over; upset:
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  1. To turn over; upset:
  2. To present with an excessive amount:
  3. To overcome emotionally
decumbent
Lying down
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  1. Lying down
  2. (Bot.) Trailing on the ground and rising at the tip, as some stems
flat
Having a relatively broad level surface in relation to thickness or depth:
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  1. Having a relatively broad level surface in relation to thickness or depth:
  2. Not glossy; matte:
  3. Having lost effervescence or sparkle:
horizontal
Occupying or restricted to the same level in a hierarchy:
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  1. Occupying or restricted to the same level in a hierarchy:
  2. Parallel to the plane of the horizon; not vertical
  3. Perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat.
procumbent
Prone or prostrate
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  1. Prone or prostrate
  2. Lying face down
  3. (Botany) That trails along the ground
prone
Having a tendency; inclined. Often used in combination:
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  1. Having a tendency; inclined. Often used in combination:
  2. Lying with the front or face downward.
  3. Lying flat or prostrate; in a horizontal position
recumbent
(Biol.) Designating a part that leans or lies upon some other part or surface
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  1. (Biol.) Designating a part that leans or lies upon some other part or surface
  2. Resting; idle
  3. Lying down; reclining; leaning
Find another word for prostrate. In this page you can discover 55 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for prostrate, like: open, overcome, beaten, given-in, obedient, subservient, prone, flat, laid low, give in and obey.

Sentence Examples

  • I am stripped of all my honours; I am torn up by the roots and lie prostrate on the earth..

  • We went out to see the hero that had withstood so many tempests, and it wrung my heart to see him prostrate who had mightily striven and was now mightily fallen.

  • I tell you again that the recollection of the manner in which I saw the queen of France in 1774, and the contrast between that brilliancy, splendour and beauty, with the prostrate homage of a nation to her, and the abominable scene of 1789 which I was describing, did draw tears from me and wetted my paper.

  • In Sura 6 of the Majmu` the Nosairi says: "I make for the Door, I prostrate myself before the Name, I worship the Idea."

  • 21 represents Athena in the act of striking a prostrate giant; fig.

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