Betekenis van:
prostrate

prostrate
Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
  • horizontaal (adverb)
  • stretched out and lying at full length along the ground

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prostrate
Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
    • lying face downward

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    to prostrate
    Werkwoord
      • throw down flat, as on the ground
      "She prostrated herself with frustration"

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      to prostrate
      Werkwoord
        • render helpless or defenseless
        "They prostrated the enemy"

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        to prostrate
        Werkwoord
          • get into a prostrate position, as in submission

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          Voorbeeldzinnen

          1. He lay prostrate, ready to ambush the invaders.
          2. However, when a substance is so toxic that maternal death or severe inanition results, or the dams are prostrate and incapable of nursing the pups, it is reasonable to assume that developmental toxicity is produced solely as a secondary consequence of maternal toxicity and discount the developmental effects.
          3. In some situations it can be assumed that reproductive toxicity is due to a secondary consequence of maternal toxicity and discount the effects, if the substance is so toxic that dams fail to thrive and there is severe inanition, they are incapable of nursing pups; or they are prostrate or dying.