pronate
Americanverb (used with object)
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to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
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(in vertebrates) to rotate (any limb or joint) in a similar manner.
verb (used without object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of pronate
1830–40; < Late Latin prōnātus, past participle of prōnāre to bend forward, derivative of Latin prōnus; see prone 1, -ate 1
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Unlike the changeup, the slider did not force Kershaw to pronate.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2024
“A lot of work on my change-up could make me a lot more effective to like have a ball that kind of, if I pronate it right, it just dies outside to a right-handed batter.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 15, 2021
Flexor tendons run down through the wrist and flex fingers, and therefore are called upon “anytime you flex your wrist or pronate your wrist,” Lessard said.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2016
Richard Chin, the pro at the Harvard Club, added that I should pronate my forearm rather than my wrist.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 18, 2016
Figure 11.25 Muscles That Move the Forearm The muscles originating in the upper arm flex, extend, pronate, and supinate the forearm.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Amira - who is now 14 years old - was born with over pronated feet, and some misplaced and missing bones.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2025
Hogan said, “I pronated quite well most of the way, but I made four mistakes and will probably be hitting balls until midnight.”
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 11, 2019
When the forearm faces posteriorly, it is pronated.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
When the palm of the hand faces backward, the forearm is in the pronated position, and the radius and ulna form an X-shape.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The hand is generally pronated, the rotatory movements at the wrist are restricted and painful, while flexion and extension are comparatively free.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
“He couldn’t get it to come back around to the appropriate position because of all the years of pronating from throwing the pitch.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2014
Another: Pass the ulnar side of the right index along the left index several times from tip to base, while pronating and supinating the latter.
This is usually easily done by flexing the elbow, making slight traction on the forearm, and alternately pronating and supinating it.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
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