| VERB | motion | flex | contract |
|---|---|---|---|
| perception | flex | exhibit the strength of | |
| motion | flex, bend | form a curve | |
| contact | flex, bend | bend a joint | |
| contact | flex, bend, deform, twist, turn | cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked / crooked or angular form | |
| NOUN | act | flex | the act of flexing |
| Sounds | fleh'ks | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aix ... x / X: 35 rhymes with ehks... | |
| Meaning | The act of flexing. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he gave his biceps a flex to impress the ladies" | |
| Broader | flexion, flexure | Act of bending a joint |
| Verbs | flex | contract |
| Meaning | contract. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "flex a muscle" | |
| Broader | shrink, contract | Become smaller or draw together |
| Spanish | encorvar, flexionar | |
| Catalan | encorbar, flectir, flexionar | |
| Nouns | flex | the act of flexing |
| Meaning | Exhibit the strength of. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "The victorious army flexes its invincibility" | |
| Broader | flaunt, flash, show off, ostentate, swank | Display proudly |
| Meaning | form a curve. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Model | The glass tubes flex | |
| Synonym | bend | |
| Entailed by | hunch, hump, hunch forward, hunch over | Round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward |
| Narrower | arch, curve, arc | form an arch or curve |
| crook, curve | bend or cause to bend | |
| crouch, stoop, bend, bow | bend one's back forward from the waist on down | |
| curl up, curl, draw in | shape one's body into a curl | |
| double over, double, double up | Bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain | |
| fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel | show submission or fear | |
| incurvate | bend inwards | |
| lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle | To incline or bend from a vertical position | |
| retroflex, replicate | bend or turn backward | |
| Broader | change shape, change form, deform | assume a different shape or form |
| Opposite | straighten, unbend | straighten up or out |
| Spanish | doblarse, doblar, doblegar, flexionar, torcer | |
| Catalan | doblegar, enguerxir, flexionar, torçar, tòrcer | |
| Nouns | flexure | act of bending a joint |
| flexure | an angular or rounded shape made by folding | |
| Meaning | bend a joint. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "flex your wrists" | |
| Synonym | bend | |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Spanish | curvar, doblar, flexionar | |
| Nouns | flexure | act of bending a joint |
| flexure | the state of being flexed (as of a joint) | |
| Meaning | Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked / crooked or angular form. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | bend, deform, twist, turn | |
| Entailed by | curl, curve, kink | form a curl, curve, or kink |
| Narrower | convolve, convolute | curl, wind, or twist together |
| crank | bend into the shape of a crank | |
| gnarl | Twist into a state of deformity | |
| incurvate | Cause to curve / curve inward | |
| indent, dent | make a depression into | |
| Broader | change shape, change form, deform | assume a different shape or form |
| Opposite | unbend | Free from flexure |
| Spanish | curvar, doblar, girar, rotar, torcer | |
| Catalan | corbar, doblar, doblegar, encorbar, enroscar, girar, rotar, tòrçar, torçar, tòrcer, trenar | |
| Adjectives | flexible | able to flex |
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