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prostrate

/ˈpɹɑstɹeɪt/ adjetivo C2

En español: postrado, acostado boca abajo, prostrado

  1. Lying flat, face-down.
  2. Emotionally devastated. (figuratively)
  3. Physically incapacitated from environmental exposure or debilitating disease. · He was prostrate from the extreme heat.
  4. Trailing on the ground; procumbent.
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We had carried the prostrate body to the sofa.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 36 · B2
The two Cunninghams were bending over the prostrate figure of Sherlock Holmes, the younger clutching his throat with both hands, while the elder seemed to be twisting one of his wrists.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 45 · B2
It was a prostrate man face downward upon the ground, the head doubled under him at a horrible angle, the shoulders rounded and the body hunched together as if in the act of throwing a somersault.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 165 · C1
Danglars uttered a cry, and fell prostrate.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1088 · C1

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