prostrate
/ˈpɹɑstɹeɪt/ verbe C2En français : prosterner
- To lie flat or face-down.
- To throw oneself down in submission.
- To cause to lie down, to flatten.
- To overcome or overpower.
He/she/it prostrates · Prétérit prostrated · Participe passé prostrated · Forme en -ing prostrating
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- prostrate
- He/she/it
- prostrates
- Prétérit
- prostrated
- Participe passé
- prostrated
- Forme en -ing
- prostrating
Dans la bibliothèque
We had carried the prostrate body to the sofa.
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.
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.
Danglars uttered a cry, and fell prostrate.
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