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Supinate Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Supinate has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

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

2

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 forearm by contracting the biceps brachii; to twist the right forearm clockwise or the left forearm counterclockwise.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
turn
Rhyming Words
ate bate late gate kate date wate cate rate nate oate sate tate jate hate mate fate yate agate skate
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