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prostrate

v. throw down flat, as on the ground; "She prostrated herself with frustration"

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prone, prostrate

adj. lying face downward

flat, prostrate

adj. stretched out and lying at full length along the ground; "found himself lying flat on the floor"

overpower, overmaster, overwhelm

v. overcome by superior force

predisposed

adj. made susceptible; "because of conditions in the mine, miners are predisposed to lung disease"

low

adj. literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension; "low ceilings"; "low clouds"; "low hills"; "the sun is low"; "low furniture"; "a low bow"

compressed, flat

adj. flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)

bow

v. bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting; "He bowed before the King"

accumbent, decumbent, recumbent

adj. lying down; in a position of comfort or rest

bended, bent

adj. used of the back and knees; stooped; "on bended knee"; "with bent (or bended) back"

cernuous, drooping, nodding, pendulous, weeping

adj. having branches or flower heads that bend downward; "nodding daffodils"; "the pendulous branches of a weeping willow"; "lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers"

couchant(ip)

adj. lying on the stomach with head raised with legs pointed forward

huddled, crouched, crouching, hunkered, hunkered down

adj. squatting close to the ground; "poorly clothed men huddled low against the wind"; "he stayed in the ditch hunkered down"

dormant(ip), sleeping

adj. lying with head on paws as if sleeping

flat, prostrate

adj. stretched out and lying at full length along the ground; "found himself lying flat on the floor"

hunched, round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping, crooked

adj. having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; "a little oldish misshapen stooping woman"

kneeling

adj. (unerect)

leaning

adj. departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the headstones were tilted"

lolling, lounging

adj. lying in a relaxed manner

slouched, slouching, slumped

adj. with shoulders drooping

supine, resupine

adj. lying face upward