flex
/flɛks/ verb C2- To bend something. · The board flexes as you step on it.
- To repeatedly bend one of one's joints.
- To move part of the body using one's muscles.
- To tighten the muscles for display of size or strength.
- To boast or brag about; to flaunt (something).
- To flaunt one's superiority; to show off.
He/she/it flexes · Past flexed · Past participle flexed · -ing form flexing
Verb forms
- Base form
- flex
- He/she/it
- flexes
- Past
- flexed
- Past participle
- flexed
- -ing form
- flexing
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