Associations to the word «Supinate»
Verb
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Wiktionary
SUPINATE, verb. (transitive) (anatomy) To twist the forearm so as to turn the palm of the hand backwards if the forearm is pointing up, upwards if the forearm is horizontal, or forwards if the arm is pointing down; to twist the forarm by contracting the biceps brachii; to twist the right forearm clockwise or the left forearm counterclockwise.
SUPINATE, verb. (transitive) (anatomy) To twist the foot so the weight is on the outer edge.
Dictionary definition
SUPINATE, verb. Turn (the hand or forearm) so that the back is downward or backward, or turn out (the leg).
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.