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11flex|or — «FLEHK suhr, sr», noun. any muscle that when contracted bends a joint of the body. ╂[< New Latin flexor < Latin flexus; see etym. under flex (Cf. ↑flex)] …
12Flex — Flex, n. Flax. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …
13flex — [ fleks ] verb transitive to move or bend a muscle or body part, usually in order to stretch or exercise it flex your muscles to show how powerful or strong you are, especially as a warning or threat to another person or country …
14flex — Ⅰ. flex [1] ► VERB 1) bend (a limb or joint). 2) contract or tense (a muscle). 3) warp or bend and then revert to shape. ORIGIN Latin flectere to bend . Ⅱ. flex [2] …
15FLEX — Abreviatura de Federation Licensing Examination. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A. 1999 …
16flex- — pref. Variant of flexi . * * * …
17Flex — 〈f.; Gen.: , Pl.: 〉 tragbares Elektrogerät zum Zersägen von Metall, Stein, Beton u. Ä. [Etym.: verkürzt <flexibel] …
18flex — (v.) 1520s, probably a back formation from FLEXIBLE (Cf. flexible). Related: Flexed; flexing …
19flex — [v] bend angle, contract, crook, curve, lean, mold, ply, spring, stretch, tighten, tilt, yield; concepts 147,149 Ant. be stiff, extend, straighten …
20flex — flex1 [fleks] vt., vi. [< L flexus, pp. of flectere, to bend, curve] 1. to bend (an arm, knee, etc.) 2. to tense (a muscle) by contraction flex2 [fleks] n. [< FLEXIBLE] Brit. flexible, insulated electric cord …
