Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to flex
Participle: flexed
Gerund: flexing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | flex |
| you | flex |
| he;she;it | flexes |
| we | flex |
| you | flex |
| they | flex |
Perfect
| I | have flexed |
| you | have flexed |
| he;she;it | has flexed |
| we | have flexed |
| you | have flexed |
| they | have flexed |
Past
| I | flexed |
| you | flexed |
| he;she;it | flexed |
| we | flexed |
| you | flexed |
| they | flexed |
Pluperfect
| I | had flexed |
| you | had flexed |
| he;she;it | had flexed |
| we | had flexed |
| you | had flexed |
| they | had flexed |
Future
| I | will flex |
| you | will flex |
| he;she;it | will flex |
| we | will flex |
| you | will flex |
| they | will flex |
Future Perfect
| I | will have flexed |
| you | will have flexed |
| he;she;it | will have flexed |
| we | will have flexed |
| you | will have flexed |
| they | will have flexed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | flex |
| you | flex |
| he;she;it | flex |
| we | flex |
| you | flex |
| they | flex |
Perfect
| I | have flexed |
| you | have flexed |
| he;she;it | have flexed |
| we | have flexed |
| you | have flexed |
| they | have flexed |
Imperfect
| I | flexed |
| you | flexed |
| he;she;it | flexed |
| we | flexed |
| you | flexed |
| they | flexed |
Pluperfect
| I | had flexed |
| you | had flexed |
| he;she;it | had flexed |
| we | had flexed |
| you | had flexed |
| they | had flexed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would flex |
| you | would flex |
| he;she;it | would flex |
| we | would flex |
| you | would flex |
| they | would flex |
Perfect
| I | would have flexed |
| you | would have flexed |
| he;she;it | would have flexed |
| we | would have flexed |
| you | would have flexed |
| they | would have flexed |
Imperative
| you | flex |
| we | Let's flex |
| you | flex |
Verbs conjugated like 'flex'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'flex'
flea,
flee,
fley,
flox,
flux,
lex,
bleb,
bleg,
blet,
clem,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to cause something to change its shape into a curve
- bend, bow, courb, crook, curb, curl, curve, incurvate
- twist
- warp, bow, bend, crook, curve, deflect, refract, deform
Antonyms
- twist
- unwind, straighten, disentangle, separate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Latin flexus, past participle of flecto (“to bend”).
Verbs referencing "flex"
Norwegian, nynorsk
flekse.
Sample Sentences
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The board flexes as you step on it.
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He rubbed his hands together. "Believe it or not, there was a time when I considered giving acting a go. What do you think, Miss Fox?" He flexed impressive biceps. "Would I have had a chance against the Schwarzeneggers and the Chuck Norris types?" [1994, Elise Title, Body Heat, page 189:]
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I've got billions and billions of rhymes to flex / 'Cause I've got more rhymes than Carl Sagan's got turtlenecks [2004, “Hey Fuck You”, in To the 5 Boroughs, performed by Beastie Boys:]
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I shook my head, wondering if I was gonna have to knock Pimp on his ass. "I don't know where," I flexed on him with my height advantage, "you getting all this 'soft' bullshit from, dawg, but you just keep fuckin around. I can show you gangsta better than I can tell you." [2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 108:]
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They say it's lonely at the top, but this the best shit ever / Hey, don't you see me out here shinin'? Bitch I'm barely flexin' [2017, “Kill Jill”, in Boomiverse, performed by Big Boi ft. Killer Mike and Jeezy:]