flex

Significado (English)

Noun

1. Flexibility, pliancy.
2. An act of flexing.
3. Any flexible insulated electrical wiring.
4. Flexible ductwork, typically flexible plastic over a metal wire coil to shape a tube.
5. A point of inflection.
6. (slang) The act or an instance of flaunting something; something one considers impressive.

Verb

1. To bend something.
2. To repeatedly bend one of one's joints.
3. To move part of the body using one's muscles.
4. To tighten the muscles for display of size or strength.
5. (slang) To flaunt one's superiority.

Synonyms

bend

buckle

fold

inflect

curve

crook

persuade

stretch

decline

deform

incurvate

turn

induce

twist

bow

🙇

conjugate

of inflection

demo

demonstrate

diffract

distort

draw

elasticity

exhibit

extend

flection

flexibility

flexion

flexure

give

go for

guy

hawser

incline

introduce

knuckle under

marcel

model

parade

pliableness

power cable

present

prevail

project

pronate

rack

ram

🐏

relent

sag

show

straighten

strain

strech

stretch out

submit

succumb

tense

tighten

truckle

wave

👋

wind up

yield

be flexible

covered wire

pandiculation

throw one’s weight around

stress

curve up

power cord

flexible = flexi

rubber-insulated wire

make something curved

persuade or bend

angle

have a boner

arch

bandage

bending

be stretched tight

bind

blindfold

bring around

bring forward

bring in

bring round

buckle under

bully

cable

compel

comply

cord

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/flɛks/

Etimoloxía (English)

From Latin flexus, past participle of flecto (“to bend”).