flexed

[flekst]

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 flex.

Other Word Forms

• unflexed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of flexed¹

First recorded in 1515–25; flex ¹ + -ed ² for the adjective senses; flex ¹ + -ed ¹ for the verb sense

Example Sentences

Less than a year after their viral NPR Tiny Desk, the notoriously kooky duo flexed their ability to slip between genres.

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Veronika’s feet pointed and flexed of their own accord as their owner struggled to speak.

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She put down her carpetbag and flexed her stiff hand, for suddenly the bag seemed quite heavy.

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He flexed his muscles and puffed out his chest.

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Even real estate mogul and “Shark Tank” shark Barbara Corcoran flexed her muscles with the post, “How it feels waking up in Group 7.”

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