verb, noun
verb to bend, move or stretch an arm or leg, or tighten a muscle, especially in order to prepare for a physical activity:
[VN] to flex your fingers / feet / legs * He stood on the side of the pool flexing his muscles. [also V]
IDIOMS
flex your muscles to show sb how powerful you are, especially as a warning or a threat
Part of speech: noun
(BrE) (also cord AmE, BrE) [C,U] a piece of wire that is covered with plastic, used for carrying electricity to a piece of equipment:
an electric flex * a length of flex
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is flex a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, flex is tagged as noun.
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