flex

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: flex

1	v n	cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form the act of flexing
2	v	contract

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: flex

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; dent, indent
make a depression into; incurvate
cause to curve inward; gnarl
twist into a state of deformity; crank
bend into the shape of a crank; convolute, convolve
curl, wind, or twist together

Type of:: change form, change shape, deform
assume a different shape or form

Types:: show 17 types...; hide 17 types...; crook, curve
bend or cause to bend; arc, arch, curve
form an arch or curve; incurvate
bend inwards; replicate, retroflex
bend or turn backward; angle, lean, slant, tilt, tip
to incline or bend from a vertical position; bend, bow, crouch, stoop
bend one's back forward from the waist on down; double, double over, double up
bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain; cower, crawl, creep, cringe, fawn, grovel
show submission or fear; curl, curl up, draw in
shape one's body into a curl; recurve
curve or bend (something) back or down; camber
curve upward in the middle; incline, pitch, slope
be at an angle; weather
cause to slope; heel, list
tilt to one side; lean back, recline
move the upper body backwards and down; squinch
crouch down; cower, huddle
crouch or curl up

Type of:: change form, change shape, deform
assume a different shape or form

“flex your wrists”

Type of:: move
move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion

“he gave his biceps a flex to impress the ladies”

Type of:: flexion, flexure
act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased

“flex a muscle”

“The victorious army flexes its invincibility”

Type of:: flash, flaunt, ostentate, show off, swank
display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously

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