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–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)

to bend.

–noun

4.	the act of flexing.

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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–adjective

Informal. flexible: a flex program of workers' benefits.

[Origin: shortening of flexible

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flex Audio Help   (flěks) Pronunciation Key
v.   flexed, flex·ing, flex·es

v.   tr.

To bend (something pliant or elastic).
1. To bend (a joint).
2. To bend (a joint) repeatedly.
3. To contract (a muscle, for example).
4. To move by muscular control: "Sandy flexes his brow characteristically" (Scott Turow).
1. To contract (a muscle, for example).
2. 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

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This

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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