flettere — meaning in English

English meaning

• flex verb To bend a joint or tighten a muscle, often to show strength.
• inflect verb To cause to curve inwards.
• sag verb To sink or bend downward in the middle from weight or pressure.
• warp noun A twist or distortion out of the normal or original shape.

Senses

flettere is used for these senses in English:

• flex (transitive, chiefly physics or biomechanics) To bend something.
• flex (transitive) To repeatedly bend one of one's joints.
• flex (transitive) To move part of the body using one's muscles.
• inflect (transitive, grammar) To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.
• sag (figuratively) To lose firmness, elasticity, vigor, or a thriving state; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced.
• warp (transitive) To twist or turn (something) out of shape; to deform.

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).

inflect — full definition

1. verb To cause to curve inwards.
2. verb To change the tone or pitch of the voice when speaking or singing.
3. verb To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.
4. verb To be varied in the form to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.

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