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Audio Help / flɛks / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [ fleks ] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –verb (used with object) 1. to bend, as a part of the body: He flexed his arms to show off his muscles.
2. to tighten (a muscle) by contraction.
–verb (used without object)
–noun
5. British . a. any flexible, insulated electric cord; an electric cord or extension cord.
b. Slang . an elastic band, as a garter.
6. Mathematics . an inflection point.
[Origin:
1515–25; (adj.) < L
flexus, ptp. of
flectere to bend, turn; (n.) < L
flexus act of bending, equiv. to
flect (
ere ) +
-tus suffix of v. action
]
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v.
flexed , flex·ing , flex·es
v.
tr.
To bend (something pliant or elastic).
To bend (a joint).
To bend (a joint) repeatedly.
To contract (a muscle, for example).
To move by muscular control: "Sandy flexes his brow characteristically" (Scott Turow).
To contract (a muscle, for example).
To move by muscular control: "Sandy flexes his brow characteristically" (Scott Turow).
To exhibit or show off the strength of: "They had spent six years since the lightning Six Day War flexing their invincibility" (Howard Kaplan).
v.
intr.
To bend: "His hands flexed nervously as he spoke" (Mary McCarthy).
n.
Chiefly British Flexible insulated electric cord.
The act or an instance of flexing; a bending.
Pliancy; flexibility: "'Resolution' has none of that modern flex we favor, with generous, built-in amounts of 'maybe'" (Melvin Maddocks).
[Latin flectere , flex- , to bend .]
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flex noun 1. the act of flexing; "he gave his biceps a flex to impress the ladies" verb 1. contract; "flex a muscle" 2. exhibit the strength of; "The victorious army flexes its invincibility" 3. form a curve; "The stick does not bend" [syn: bend ] [ant: straighten ] 4. bend a joint; "flex your wrists"; "bend your knees" 5. 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" [ant: unbend ]
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flex [fleks] verb
to bend, especially in order to test
Example:
to flex one's muscles
Arabic: يَثْني، يَلْوي
Chinese (Simplified): 弯曲, 屈曲
Chinese (Traditional): 彎曲, 屈曲
Czech: napnout, ohýbat
Danish: bevæge; røre
Dutch: buigen
Estonian: painutama
Finnish: taivuttaa
French: fléchir
German: biegen
Greek: κάμπτω
Hungarian: feszít
Icelandic: beygja
Indonesian: menekuk
Italian: flettere, contrarre
Japanese: 曲げる
Korean: 구부러지다; 구부리다
Latvian: liekt; izvingrināt; izlocīt
Lithuanian: lankstyti, pa(mankštinti)
Norwegian: bøye, spenne; vise muskler
Polish: zginąć
Portuguese (Brazil): flectir
Portuguese (Portugal): flectir
Romanian: a îndoi
Russian: сгибать; напрягать
Slovak: ohýbať (sa)
Slovenian: upogniti
Spanish: flexionar, tensar
Swedish: böja, spänna
Turkish: bükmek
flex [fleks] noun
(a piece of) thin insulated wire for carrying electricity
Example:
That lamp has a long flex.
Arabic: سِلْك كَهْرُبائي مَعْزول
Chinese (Simplified): 电线
Chinese (Traditional): 電線
Czech: šňůra
Danish: ledning
Dutch: snoer
Estonian: ühendusjuhe
Finnish: liitäntäjohto
French: fil
German: das Kabel
Greek: καλώδιο
Hungarian: (vasaló)zsinór
Icelandic: einangruð raftaug
Indonesian: kabel
Italian: cordoncino, filo flessibile*
Japanese: コード
Korean: 전선
Latvian: (elektrības) vads
Lithuanian: lankstus laidas
Norwegian: elektrisk ledning, kabel
Polish: przewód, sznur
Portuguese (Brazil): fio
Portuguese (Portugal): fio eléctrico
Romanian: liţă
Russian: гибкий шнур
Slovak: šnúra
Slovenian: žica
Spanish: cable
Swedish: sladd
Turkish: kordon
See also: flexible ,
flexitime
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FLEX language 1. Faster LEX . 2. A real-time language for dynamic environments. ["FLEX: Towards Flexible Real-Time Programs", K. Lin et al, Computer Langs 16(1):65-79, Jan 1991]. 3. An early object-oriented language developed for the FLEX machine by Alan Kay in about 1967. The FLEX language was a simplification of Simula and a predecessor of Smalltalk . (1995-03-29)
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Flex software, hardware A system developed by Ian Currie (Iain?) at the (then) Royal Signals and Radar Establishment at Malvern in the late 1970s. The hardware was custom and microprogrammable , with an operating system , (modular) compiler , editor, garbage collector and filing system all written in Algol-68 . Flex was also re-implemented on the Perq (?). [I. F. Currie and others, "Flex Firmware", Technical Report, RSRE, Number 81009, 1981]. [I. F. Currie, "In Praise of Procedures", RSRE, 1982]. (1997-11-17)
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Flex
Flex\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Flexed ; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flexing .] [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.
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Flex
Flex\, n. Flax. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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