Flex

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  • intransitive verb. To bend (something pliant or elastic).
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To bend (a joint).
  • intransitive verb. To bend (a joint) repeatedly.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To contract (a muscle, for example).
  • intransitive verb. To move by muscular control.
  • intransitive verb. To exhibit or show off the strength of.
  • intransitive verb. To bend.
  • noun. Flexible insulated electric cord.
  • noun. The act or an instance of flexing; a bending.
  • noun. Flexibility.
  • idiom. (flex (one's) muscles) To exhibit or show off one's strength.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To bend; make a flexure of: specifically said in anatomy of the action of any flexor muscle.
  • noun. An obsolete variant of flax.
  • noun. A point of contrary flexure or a point of inflexion.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Flax.
  • transitive verb. To bend.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Flexibility, pliancy.
  • noun. The act of flexing.
  • noun. Any flexible insulated electrical wiring.
  • noun. A point of inflection.
  • verb. To bend something.
  • verb. To repeatedly bend one of one's joints.
  • verb. To move part of the body using one's muscles.
  • verb. To tighten the muscles for display of size or strength.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. contract
  • verb. cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form
  • verb. form a curve
  • noun. the act of flexing
  • verb. bend a joint
  • verb. exhibit the strength of
  • Word Usage
    "CLANCY: And it's a whole industry, because you've to have your cars -- in Brazil, you find most of the cars are what they call flex vehicles, so they can either run on ethanol, or they can run on regular unleaded gas."
    Form
    flexed  flexing  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    contract  flash  flaunt  flexion  flexure  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Czechs  Ex  Lex  Rex  Tex  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    tickle  twitch  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    S-curve  arch  bend  bend  bend back  
    verb-form
    flexed  flexing