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flex

1  [fleks]
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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)
3. to bend.
–noun
4. the act of flexing.
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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flex   (flěks)   
v.   flexed, flex·ing, flex·es

v.   tr.

  1. 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).

  4. 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.  

  1. Chiefly British Flexible insulated electric cord.

  2. The act or an instance of flexing; a bending.

  3. 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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Main Entry: flex
Pronunciation: 'fleks
Function: transitive verb
1 : to bend especially repeatedly
2 a : to move muscles so asto cause flexion of (a joint) flexing his knees> b : to move or tense (a muscle or muscles) by contraction <flexed their biceps>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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flex (flěks)
v. flexed, flex·ing, flex·es

  1. To bend.

  2. To contract a muscle.

  3. To move a joint so that the parts it connects approach each other.

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