nnoun.actthe act of flexingExamples:- he gave his biceps a flex to impress the ladies
Derivationally Related Form:flex
Hypernyms:flexion flexure
Inherited Hypernyms:flexflexionbendingchange of shapechangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.motioncontractDerivationally Related Form:flex
Hypernyms:contract shrink
Inherited Hypernyms:flexshrinkdecreasechange magnitudechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s
vverb.perceptionexhibit the strength ofExamples:- The victorious army flexes its invincibility
Hypernyms:flash flaunt ostentate show off swank
Inherited Hypernyms:flexflauntexposeshow
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.motionform a curveSynset:bend
Antonyms:straighten
Derivationally Related Form:bendflexurebenderbendable
Hypernyms:change form change shape deform
Inherited Hypernyms:bendchange shapechange
Direct Hyponyms:anglearcarchbendbowcowercrawlcreepcringecrookcrouchcurlcurl upcurvedoubledouble overdouble updraw infawngrovelincurvateleanreplicateretroflexslantstooptilttip
Full Troponyms:archascendcamberclimbcrookcrouchcurl updipdouble overfallfall backfawnhuddleincurvateleanlean backlistrecurveretroflexslopesquinchstoopweather
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s | Somebody ---s | Something ---s something | The glass tubes --- (apply to: bend, flex)
vverb.contactbend a jointSynset:bend
Examples:- flex your wrists
- bend your knees
Derivationally Related Form:flexure
Hypernyms:move
Inherited Hypernyms:flexmove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.contactcause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular formSynset:bend deform turn twist
Examples:- bend the rod
- twist the dough into a braid
- the strong man could turn an iron bar
Antonyms:unbend
Derivationally Related Form:bendflexibledeformationbenderbendable
Hypernyms:change form change shape deform
Inherited Hypernyms:flexchange shapechange
Direct Hyponyms:convoluteconvolvecrankdentgnarlincurvateindent
Full Troponyms:convolvecrankgnarlincurvateindent
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s | Something ---s something | They --- the glass tubes (apply to: bend, deform)