flex
(noun) the act of flexing; “he gave his biceps a flex to impress the ladies”
flex, bend, deform, twist, turn
(verb) 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”
flex, bend
(verb) bend a joint; “flex your wrists”; “bend your knees”
bend, flex
(verb) form a curve; “The stick does not bend”
flex
(verb) contract; “flex a muscle”
flex
(verb) exhibit the strength of; “The victorious army flexes its invincibility”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
flex (countable and uncountable, plural flexes)
(uncountable) Flexibility, pliancy.
(countable) The or an act of flexing.
(uncountable, chiefly, British) Any flexible insulated electrical wiring.
(countable, geometry) A point of inflection.
(countable, slang) The act of flaunting something; something one considers impressive.
flex (third-person singular simple present flexes, present participle flexing, simple past and past participle flexed)
(transitive) To bend something.
(transitive) To repeatedly bend one of one's joints.
(transitive) To move part of the body using one's muscles.
(intransitive) To tighten the muscles for display of size or strength.
(intransitive, slang, by extension) To flaunt one's superiority.
• XFEL
Source: Wiktionary
Flex, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flexed; p. pr. & vb. n. Flexing.] Etym: [L. flexus, p.p. of flectere to bend, perh. flectere and akin to falx sickle, E. falchion. Cf. Flinch.]
Definition: To bend; as, to flex the arm.
Flex, n.
Definition: Flax. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 December 2024
(noun) (plural) spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun; “he was wearing a pair of mirrored shades”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
