noun a woman giver to indiscriminate lewdness; a strumpet; a harlot.
2. prostitute ·adj openly given up to lewdness; devoted to base or infamous purposes.
3. prostitute ·vt to offer, as a woman, to a lewd use; to give up to lewdness for hire.
4. prostitute ·noun a base hireling; a mercenary; one who offers himself to infamous employments for hire.
5. prostitute ·vt to devote to base or unworthy purposes; to give up to low or indiscriminate use; as, to prostitute talents; to prostitute official powers.