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
- verb To bend a joint or tighten a muscle, often to show strength.
- verb To show off or boast, often about wealth, status, or ability (informal).
- noun A flexible insulated electrical cord or cable (chiefly British).
- noun An instance of boasting or showing off (informal).
inflection — full definition
- noun The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
- noun Any specific type of morphological variation, which applies to a given class of terms.
- noun An affix representing a given variation.
- 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.