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Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • intransitive verb To turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm faces up or forward.
  • intransitive verb To turn or rotate (the foot) by adduction and inversion so that the outer edge of the sole bears the body's weight.
  • intransitive verb To be supinated; undergo supination.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In anatomy and physiology, to bring (the hand) palm upward. In this position the radius and ulna are parallel. See pronate.
  • To lie with the palm upward, as the hand; turn so that the palm is upward.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • 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.
  • verb transitive, anatomy To twist the foot so the weight is on the outer edge.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb turn (the hand or forearm) so that the back is downward or backward, or turn out (the leg)

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin supīnāre, supīnāt-, from supīnus, backward; see supine.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Latin supīnō ("turn up, turn over").

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Examples

  • The ankle healed after a few days but I started to notice a slight pain in the outer sole of my foot - the bit I stand and walk on, as I supinate quite heavily (walk on the outside border of my foot with my ankle tipped).

    The One Where Lucy Is In Pain kisobel 2007

  • If you do it palm down, when you get to ninety degrees, turn your hand so that it is palm up, and you can see that it is also used to supinate the hand.

    Archive 2009-01-01 Steve Perry 2009

  • He then asks the patient to supinate his hands and close his eyes.

    The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993

  • He then asks the patient to supinate his hands and close his eyes.

    The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993

  • It is no uncommon experience to find a patient walk into hospital with an impacted fracture of the neck of the femur or a fracture of the fibula; or to be able to pronate and supinate the forearm with a greenstick fracture of the radius or a fracture of the ulna.

    Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893

  • -- The fragments approach the inter-osseous space; while there is more or less of deformity, preternatural mobility, absence of the power to pronate and supinate the army, and crepitus.

    An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital. 1863

  • -- Place the patient upon a bed; separate the arm from the side and supinate the hand; having found the head of the humerus, make an incision over it, through the integuments, about two inches in length, and a little nearer the posterior than the anterior fold of the axilla; carefully

    An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital. 1863

  • If you pronate (lean inward), supinate (lean out) or have high or flat arches, you will need a shoe to accommodate this.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • Those who have high arches supinate, or under-pronate, and may need cushioning shoes.

    CTV News RSS Feed 2009

  • I supinate (under-pronate) and I fell twice in these shoes because my ankle rolled.

    Zappos.com: new styles 2008

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