flex

  • 31flex — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun (BrE) ⇨ See also ↑cord ADJECTIVE ▪ long ▪ trailing ▪ Long trailing flexes are a serious trip hazard. ▪ electric, electrical …

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  • 32flex — I UK [fleks] / US verb [transitive] Word forms flex : present tense I/you/we/they flex he/she/it flexes present participle flexing past tense flexed past participle flexed to move or bend a muscle or body part, usually in order to stretch or… …

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  • 33flex — flex1 [fleks] v [T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: flexus; FLEXIBLE] 1.) to tighten your muscles or bend part of your body 2.) flex your muscles to show your ability to do something, especially your skill or power ▪ The new role will allow… …

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  • 34flex — [[t]fle̱ks[/t]] flexes, flexing, flexed 1) N VAR A flex is an electric cable containing two or more wires that is connected to an electrical appliance. [mainly BRIT] (in AM, use cord) 2) VERB If you flex your muscles or parts of your body, you… …

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  • 35flex — s. cama. ❙ «Cuando las mujeres proclaman que si quieres un agujero, te compras un donuts, o el flex para quien lo trabaje...» Felipe Navarro (Yale), Los machistas. ❘ ► dar, darle al flex …

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  • 36flex — [fleks] verb [T] I to bend a part of your body in order to stretch it or exercise it • flex your muscles to show how powerful or strong you are as a warning to someone[/ex] The country s military is just flexing its muscles.[/ex] II noun [C]… …

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  • 37flex — I. /flɛks / (say fleks) verb (t) 1. to bend (something pliant or jointed, as a part of the body). –verb (i) 2. to bend. –noun 3. a small, flexible insulated electric cable or wire especially for supplying power to movable domestic appliances.… …

  • 38flex — flex1 /fleks/, v.t. 1. to bend, as a part of the body: He flexed his arms to show off his muscles. 2. to tighten (a muscle) by contraction. v.i. 3. to bend. n. 4. the act of flexing. 5. Brit. a. any flexible, insulated electric cord; an electric… …

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  • 39flex — To bend; to move a joint in such a direction as to approximate the two parts which it connects. [L. flecto, pp. flexus, to bend] * * * Federation Licensing Examination * * * flex fleks vt 1) to bend esp. repeatedly 2 a) to move muscles so as to… …

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  • 40Flex — Schleifhexe (umgangssprachlich); Winkelschleifer; Trennschleifer * * * Flẹx 〈f.; , 〉 tragbares Elektrogerät zum Zersägen von Metall, Stein, Beton u. Ä. [verkürzt <flexibel] * * * Flẹx,   Walter, Schriftsteller, * Eisenach 6. 7. 1887, ✝… …

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