flex1
v.
- bend (a limb or joint).
- contract or tense (a muscle).
- warp or bend and then revert to shape.
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[as adj. flexed]
Archaeology relating to or denoting the practice of burying a corpse with the legs drawn up under the chin.
Etymology
C16: from L. flex-, flectere ‘bend’.
flex2
n.
Brit. a flexible insulated cable used for carrying electric current to an appliance.
Etymology
early 20th cent.: abbrev. of flexible.