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flexión — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • curl noun A spiral or ring-shaped lock of hair.
  • flexing noun The act of bending a joint or tightening a muscle.
  • inflection noun The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.

Senses

flexión is used for these senses in English:

  • curl (weightlifting) Any exercise performed by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially those that train the biceps.
  • 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.

curl — full definition

  1. noun A spiral or ring-shaped lock of hair.
  2. noun An exercise where the arm is bent against resistance to work the biceps.
  3. verb To twist something into a spiral shape, or to naturally form one.

flexing — full definition

  1. noun The act of bending a joint or tightening a muscle.
  2. noun Showing off; boasting (informal).

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