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

China has spent decades building up its dominance in global rare-earth mining and processing, giving Beijing significant leverage that it has flexed this year.

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After a tense face-off the pair turned to the crowd but Usyk walked forward and flexed his muscles to block his rival from view before Dubois followed him.

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For being a middle of the pack offense — ranked 18th overall in runs scored — the Nationals flexed their muscle with their young stars.

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Vladimir Nabokov flexed on both of them by using em dashes between other em dashes.

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Important people flexed by doing none of that — they showed off by not having computers on their desks at all.

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