flex

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[edit] Noun

Singular
flex

Plural
countable and uncountable; plural flexes

flex (countable and uncountable; plural flexes)

  1. (uncountable) Flexibility, pliancy.
  2. (countable) The act of flexing.
  3. (uncountable, chiefly British) Any flexible insulated electrical wiring.
  4. (countable, geometry) A point of inflection.

[edit] Translations

flexibility
the act of flexing
insulated electrical wiring

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to flex

Third person singular
flexes

Simple past
flexed

Past participle
flexed

Present participle
flexing

to flex (third-person singular simple present flexes, present participle flexing, simple past and past participle flexed)

  1. To bend something.
  2. To repeatedly bend one of one's joints.
  3. To move part of the body using one's muscles.
  4. (bodybuilding) To tighten the muscles for display of size or strength.
    • 1994, Elise Title, Body Heat‎, page 189
      He rubbed his hands together. "Believe it or not, there was a time when I considered giving acting a go. What do you think, Miss Fox?" He flexed impressive biceps. "Would I have had a chance against the Schwarzeneggers and the Chuck Norris types?"

[edit] Translations

to bend something
to repeatedly bend one's joints
to move part of the body using one's muscles
to tighten one's muscles

[edit] Related terms

Terms etymologically related to the noun or verb flex
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