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flessione — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • flex verb To bend a joint or tighten a muscle, often to show strength.
  • inflection noun The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
  • squat adj Short and thick-set; low and broad rather than tall.

Senses

flessione is used for these senses in English:

  • flex (countable) An act of flexing.
  • inflection (grammar, uncountable) The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
  • push-up An exercise done to improve upper body strength, performed by resting on one's toes and hands and pushing one's weight off the floor.
  • squat (exercise) Any of various modes of callisthenic exercises performed by moving the body and bending at least one knee.

flex — full definition

  1. verb To bend a joint or tighten a muscle, often to show strength.
  2. verb To show off or boast, often about wealth, status, or ability (informal).
  3. noun A flexible insulated electrical cord or cable (chiefly British).
  4. noun An instance of boasting or showing off (informal).

inflection — full definition

  1. noun The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
  2. noun Any specific type of morphological variation, which applies to a given class of terms.
  3. noun An affix representing a given variation.
  4. noun Any specific morphological form of a particular term, such as the principal parts for any given stem; any of the declined or conjugated forms that constitute its declension or conjugation.

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