flexed

[ flekst ]
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adjective
  1. bent or contracted, as a part of the body: When roller skating, a low posture and slightly flexed knees will help your stability.

  2. Heraldry. (of a human leg) depicted as bent at the knee.

verb
  1. the simple past tense and past participle of flex1.

Origin of flexed

1
First recorded in 1515–25; flex1 + -ed2 for the adjective senses; flex1 + -ed1 for the verb sense

Other words from flexed

  • un·flexed, adjective

Words Nearby flexed

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How to use flexed in a sentence

  • He picked it up and flexed it a bit, as a man might flex a rapier to test its material.

    Islands of Space | John W Campbell
  • The "pure scholar" bared a small, skeleton arm, on which a creditable knot of muscle rose as he flexed it.

    Mothering on Perilous | Lucy S. Furman
  • Her throat arched and flexed and was restless; and her lovely disparted bosom filled and waned.

    What Will People Say? | Rupert Hughes
  • In a few moments he rose, flexed his muscles and peered through the starlit darkness for a way up the cliff behind the beach.

  • The chel are large, broad, and flattened, and are so arranged that when flexed they fit closely together across the front.

    The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide | Augusta Foote Arnold