| flex | (noun) the act of flexing | - |
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| (verb) cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form | Synonyms: bend, deform, turn, twist |
| (verb) bend a joint | Synonyms: bend |
| (verb) form a curve | Synonyms: bend |
| (verb) contract | - |
| (verb) exhibit the strength of | - |
| flexibility | (noun) the quality of being adaptable or variable | Synonyms: flexibleness |
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| (noun) the property of being flexible; easily bent or shaped | Synonyms: flexibleness |
| (noun) the trait of being easily persuaded | Synonyms: tractability, tractableness |
| flexible | (adjective) able to flex; able to bend easily | Synonyms: flexile |
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| (adjective) capable of being changed | - |
| (adjective) making or willing to make concessions | Synonyms: compromising, conciliatory |
| (adjective) able to adjust readily to different conditions | Synonyms: elastic, pliable, pliant |
| (adjective) bending and snapping back readily without breaking | Synonyms: whippy |
| flexibleness | (noun) the property of being flexible; easily bent or shaped | Synonyms: flexibility |
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| (noun) the quality of being adaptable or variable | Synonyms: flexibility |
| flexibly | (adverb) with flexibility | - |
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| flexile | (adjective) able to flex; able to bend easily | Synonyms: flexible |
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| flexion | (noun) act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased | Synonyms: flexure |
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| (noun) deviation from a straight or normal course | Synonyms: flection, inflection |
| (noun) the state of being flexed (as of a joint) | Synonyms: flection, flexure |
| flexitarianism | (noun) The practice of eating mainly vegetarian food, but making occasional exceptions for social, pragmatic, cultural, or nutritional reasons. | Synonyms: semi-vegetarianism |
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| flexor | (noun) a skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint | Synonyms: flexor muscle |
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| flexuous | (adjective) having turns or windings | - |
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| flexure | (noun) act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased | Synonyms: flexion |
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| (noun) an angular or rounded shape made by folding | Synonyms: bend, crease, crimp, fold, plication |
| (noun) the state of being flexed (as of a joint) | Synonyms: flection, flexion |