flexionar — 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.

Senses

flexionar is used for these senses in English:

• flex (transitive, chiefly physics or biomechanics) To bend something.
• inflect (transitive, grammar) To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.

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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