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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Flex has 1 sense
- flex(n = noun.act) Array - the act of flexing; "he gave his biceps a flex to impress the ladies" is a kind of flexion, flexure
Derived form verb flex1
Verb Flex has 5 senses
- flex(v = verb.motion) Array - contract; "flex a muscle" is one way to contract, shrink
- flex(v = verb.perception) Array - exhibit the strength of; "The victorious army flexes its invincibility" is one way to flash, flaunt, ostentate, show off, swank
- flex(v = verb.motion) bend - form a curve; "The stick does not bend" is one way to change form, change shape, deform
- flex(v = verb.contact) bend - bend a joint; "flex your wrists"; "bend your knees" is one way to move
- flex(v = verb.contact) bend, deform, turn, twist - cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar" is one way to change form, change shape, deform
Derived form noun flex1
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Derived forms noun flexure3, noun flexure2
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Derived forms noun flexure3, noun flexure1
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Derived form adjective flexible2
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CIDE DICTIONARY
Flex, v. t. [L. flexus, p. p. of flectere to bend, perh. flectere and akin to falx sickle, E. falchion. Cf. Flinch.].
To bend; as, to flex the arm. [1913 Webster]
Flex, n.
Flax. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Flex, v.
1 tr. & intr. bend (a joint, limb, etc.) or be bent.
2 tr. & intr. move (a muscle) or (of a muscle) be moved to bend a joint.
3 tr. Geol. bend (strata).
4 tr. Archaeol. place (a corpse) with the legs drawn up under the chin.
1 tr. & intr. bend (a joint, limb, etc.) or be bent.
2 tr. & intr. move (a muscle) or (of a muscle) be moved to bend a joint.
3 tr. Geol. bend (strata).
4 tr. Archaeol. place (a corpse) with the legs drawn up under the chin.
Flex, n. Brit. a flexible insulated cable used for carrying electric current to an appliance.
Etymology
abbr. of FLEXIBLE
THESAURUS
Flex
S-curve, arch, bend, bend back, bending, bow, bowing, cable, conflexure, contract, cord, crook, curl, curve, decurve, deflect, deflection, dome, embow, exercise, extension, flection, flexure, geanticline, geosyncline, give, hairpin turn, hook, hump, hunch, incurvate, incurve, inflect, inflection, lead, loop, meander, oxbow, recurve, reflect, reflection, reflex, retroflex, round, sag, stretch, swag, sweep, tense, tighten, turn, turning, vault, wind, wireROGET THESAURUS
Flex
Curvature
VB be curved curve, sweep, sway, swag, sag, deviate, curl, turn, reenter, render curved, flex, bend, curve, incurvate, inflect, deflect, scatter, refract (light), crook, turn, round, arch, arcuate, arch over, concamerate, bow, curl, recurve, frizzle, rotundity, convexity.Elasticity
VB stretch, flex, extend, distend, be elastic, bounce, spring back.
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