To lay flat; throw down: as, to prostrate the body.To throw down; overthrow; demolish; ruin: as, to prostrate a government; to prostrate the honor of a nation.To throw (one's self) down, in humility or adoration; bow with the face to the ground: used reflexively.To present submissively; submit in reverence.In medicine, to make to sink totally; reduce extremely; cause to succumb: as, to prostrate a person's strength.Lying at length, or with the body extended on the ground or other surface.Lying at mercy, as a suppliant or one who is overcome in fight: as, a prostrate foe.Lying or bowed low in the posture of humility or adoration.In botany, lying flat and spreading on the ground without taking root; procumbent.In zoology, closely appressed to the surface; lying flat: as, prostrate hairs.