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flex F0182300 (flĕks)v. flexed, flex·ing, flex·es v.tr.1. To bend (something pliant or elastic).2. a. To bend (a joint).b. To bend (a joint) repeatedly.3. a. To contract (a muscle, for example).b. 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. Flexibility: a schedule with a lot of flex.Idiom: flex (one's) muscles Informal To exhibit or show off one's strength.
[Latin flectere, flex-, to bend.]flex (flɛks) n1. (Electrical Engineering) Brit a flexible insulated electric cable, used esp to connect appliances to mains. US and Canadian name: cord 2. informal flexibility or pliabilityvb3. to bend or be bent: he flexed his arm; his arm flexed. 4. (Physiology) to contract (a muscle) or (of a muscle) to contract5. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) (intr) to work according to flexitime6. to test or display (one's authority or strength)[C16: from Latin flexus bent, winding, from flectere to bend, bow]flex1 (flɛks)
v.t. 1. to bend, as a part of the body. 2. to tighten (a muscle) by contraction. v.i. 3. to bend. n. 4. the act of flexing. [1515–25; (adj.) < Latin flexus, past participle of flectere to bend] flex2 (flɛks)
adj. 1. flexible. n. 2. Brit. a flexible electric cord. [1900–05; by shortening] flex
Past participle: flexed
Gerund: flexing
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| I flex | | you flex | | he/she/it flexes | | we flex | | you flex | | they flex |
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| I flexed | | you flexed | | he/she/it flexed | | we flexed | | you flexed | | they flexed |
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| I am flexing | | you are flexing | | he/she/it is flexing | | we are flexing | | you are flexing | | they are flexing |
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| I have flexed | | you have flexed | | he/she/it has flexed | | we have flexed | | you have flexed | | they have flexed |
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| I was flexing | | you were flexing | | he/she/it was flexing | | we were flexing | | you were flexing | | they were flexing |
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| I had flexed | | you had flexed | | he/she/it had flexed | | we had flexed | | you had flexed | | they had flexed |
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| I will flex | | you will flex | | he/she/it will flex | | we will flex | | you will flex | | they will flex |
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| I will have flexed | | you will have flexed | | he/she/it will have flexed | | we will have flexed | | you will have flexed | | they will have flexed |
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| I will be flexing | | you will be flexing | | he/she/it will be flexing | | we will be flexing | | you will be flexing | | they will be flexing |
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| I have been flexing | | you have been flexing | | he/she/it has been flexing | | we have been flexing | | you have been flexing | | they have been flexing |
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| I will have been flexing | | you will have been flexing | | he/she/it will have been flexing | | we will have been flexing | | you will have been flexing | | they will have been flexing |
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| I had been flexing | | you had been flexing | | he/she/it had been flexing | | we had been flexing | | you had been flexing | | they had been flexing |
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| I would flex | | you would flex | | he/she/it would flex | | we would flex | | you would flex | | they would flex |
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| I would have flexed | | you would have flexed | | he/she/it would have flexed | | we would have flexed | | you would have flexed | | they would have flexed |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  flex - the act of flexing; "he gave his biceps a flex to impress the ladies"flexion, flexure - act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased | | Verb | 1. | flex - contract; "flex a muscle"shrink, contract - become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank" | | 2. | flex - exhibit the strength of; "The victorious army flexes its invincibility"flaunt, ostentate, show off, swank, flash - display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he showed off his new sports car" | | 3. |  flex - form a curve; "The stick does not bend"bendchange form, change shape, deform - assume a different shape or formcrook, curve - bend or cause to bend; "He crooked his index finger"; "the road curved sharply"arc, arch, curve - form an arch or curve; "her back arches"; "her hips curve nicely"incurvate - bend inwards; "The body incurvates a little at the back"replicate, retroflex - bend or turn backwardlean, tilt, angle, slant, tip - to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister"crouch, stoop, bend, bow - bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"double over, double up, double - bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain; "He doubled and vomited violently"fawn, grovel, cower, cringe, crawl, creep - show submission or fearcurl up, curl, draw in - shape one's body into a curl; "She curled farther down under the covers"; "She fell and drew in" | | 4. |  flex - bend a joint; "flex your wrists"; "bend your knees"bendmove - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" | | 5. |  flex - 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"twist, bend, deform, turnchange form, change shape, deform - assume a different shape or formdent, indent - make a depression into; "The bicycle dented my car"incurvate - cause to curve inward; "gravity incurvates the rays"gnarl - twist into a state of deformity; "The wind has gnarled this old tree"crank - bend into the shape of a crankconvolute, convolve - curl, wind, or twist together |
flexverb bend, contract, stretch, angle, curve, tighten, crook, move He slowly flexed his muscles.Translationsflex (fleks) verb to bend, especially in order to test. to flex one's muscles. 彎曲，屈曲 弯曲，屈曲 noun (a piece of) thin insulated wire for carrying electricity. That lamp has a long flex. 電線 电线ˈflexible adjective1. that can be bent easily. flexible metal. 易彎曲的 易弯曲的2. able or willing to change according to circumstances etc. My holiday plans are very flexible. 靈活的 灵活的ˌflexiˈbility noun 靈活性 灵活性ˈflexitime noun a system where employees may choose their own working hours. 彈性上班制 弹性上班制flex
flex (one's) muscle(s)1. Literally, to contract one's muscles, especially to demonstrate their size and strength. He's so vain, flexing his muscles in the mirror whenever he thinks no one is looking. She flexed her muscles and told us not to mess with her brother again.2. By extension, to demonstrate one's influence, power, or strength. The small but outspoken nation has been flexing its muscles lately, with a wide range of military demonstrations. The wealthy business tycoon flexed his muscle to get the charges dropped against his son.See also: flexflex (something) out of shapeTo cause something to become misshapen or misaligned. That car accident really flexed my passenger-side door out of shape.See also: flex, of, out, shapeflexed out of shapeMisshapen or misaligned. Ever since the car accident, my passenger-side door has been flexed out of shape.See also: flex, of, out, shapeflex something out of shapeto bend something out of its normal shape. Don't flex all the hangers out of shape. We need a few in the closet. Who flexed the gate out of shape?See also: flex, of, out, shapeflexed out of shapeSl. very angry; bent out of shape. The boss was completely flexed out of shape. I am truly flexed out of shape.See also: flex, of, out, shapeflex one's musclesShow off one's strength or power, as in The boys love flexing their muscles, or The new department head has decided to flex her muscles. [Early 1900s] See also: flex, muscleflex your muscles or flex your muscle COMMON If people or organizations flex their muscles or flex their muscle, they behave in a way that is intended to show that they have power and are considering using it. A pro-democracy movement is starting to flex its muscles. The miners' actions last year seem to have encouraged workers in the oil industry to flex their industrial muscle.See also: flex, muscleflex your muscles give a show of strength or power. 1998 Times Mr Prescott is flexing his muscles and the City is wondering just how far he is prepared to go. See also: flex, muscleflex your ˈmuscles show that you are ready and prepared to use your power, abilities, etc: He’s flexing his muscles, waiting for the day he becomes president.Athletes flex (= stretch and tighten) their muscles before a race, a fight, a game, etc.See also: flex, muscleflexed out of shape mod. very angry; bent out of shape. The boss was completely flexed out of shape. See also: flex, of, out, shape flex (one's) muscles Informal To exhibit or show off one's strength.See also: flex, muscleflex
flex Brit a flexible insulated electric cable, used esp to connect appliances to mains flex[fleks] (science and technology) To bend. 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 theFLEX machine by Alan Kay in about 1967. The FLEX languagewas a simplification of Simula and a predecessor ofSmalltalk.Flex (software, hardware)A system developed by Ian Currie (Iain?)at the (then) Royal Signals and Radar Establishment atMalvern in the late 1970s. The hardware was custom andmicroprogrammable, with an operating system, (modular)compiler, editor, garbage collector and filing systemall written in Algol-68. Flex was also re-implemented onthe Perq(?).
[I. F. Currie and others, "Flex Firmware", Technical Report,RSRE, Number 81009, 1981].
[I. F. Currie, "In Praise of Procedures", RSRE, 1982].FlexA development system for Flash-based applications from Adobe. Introduced in 2004 as a J2EE application, Flex compiles ActionScript programming code and XML-based user interface descriptions (MXML) into binary Flash files (.SWF files). It also includes a variety of user interface functions for creating rich client applications. See Adobe AIR, Flash, MXML and ActionScript.LegalSeeCordFinancialSeeFLEX optionFLEX
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| FLEX➣Flexible Spending Account | | FLEX➣FEMA (Federal Employment Management Agency) Leadership Exercise | | FLEX➣Fast Lexical Analyzer | | FLEX➣Fast Lexical | | FLEX➣Force Level Execution | | FLEX➣Future Leaders Exchange (US State Department) | | FLEX➣Federation Licensing Examination | | FLEX➣Fleet Exercise | | FLEX➣Flexowriter Equipment | | FLEX➣File Exchange System | | FLEX➣Force Level Execution System | | FLEX➣Flame Extinguishment Experiment |
flex
Synonyms for flexverb bendSynonyms- bend
- contract
- stretch
- angle
- curve
- tighten
- crook
- move
Synonyms for flexnoun the act of flexingRelated Wordsverb contractRelated Wordsverb exhibit the strength ofRelated Words- flaunt
- ostentate
- show off
- swank
- flash
verb form a curveSynonymsRelated Words- change form
- change shape
- deform
- crook
- curve
- arc
- arch
- incurvate
- replicate
- retroflex
- lean
- tilt
- angle
- slant
- tip
- crouch
- stoop
- bend
- bow
- double over
- double up
- double
- fawn
- grovel
- cower
- cringe
- crawl
- creep
- curl up
- curl
- draw in
verb bend a jointSynonymsRelated Wordsverb cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular formSynonymsRelated Words- change form
- change shape
- deform
- dent
- indent
- incurvate
- gnarl
- crank
- convolute
- convolve
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