flexed

[ flekst ]

adjective

bent or contracted, as a part of the body: When roller skating, a low posture and slightly flexed knees will help your stability.
Heraldry. (of a human leg) depicted as bent at the knee.

verb

Origin of flexed

First recorded in 1515–25; flex¹ + -ed² for the adjective senses; flex¹ + -ed¹ for the verb sense

Ever obliging, Springsteen then flexed all the right things on a paddle board.
Bruce Springsteen’s Bond Moment: The Boss’ Body Beautiful at 64 | Tim Teeman | July 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
But when I pulled her toward me to comfort her and tell her that I was sorry, she instinctively flexed her muscles to deflect me.
When An Adopted Child Won’t Attach | Tina Traster | May 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
He picked it up and flexed it a bit, as a man might flex a rapier to test its material.
Islands of Space | John W Campbell
The "pure scholar" bared a small, skeleton arm, on which a creditable knot of muscle rose as he flexed it.
Mothering on Perilous | Lucy S. Furman
Her throat arched and flexed and was restless; and her lovely disparted bosom filled and waned.
What Will People Say? | Rupert Hughes

In a few moments he rose, flexed his muscles and peered through the starlit darkness for a way up the cliff behind the beach.
Astounding Stories, July, 1931 | Various
The chel are large, broad, and flattened, and are so arranged that when flexed they fit closely together across the front.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide | Augusta Foote Arnold

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