Flex vs. Flexible

(uncountable) Flexibility, pliancy.

(countable) The act of flexing.

Any flexible insulated electrical wiring.

A point of inflection.

To bend something.

To repeatedly bend one of one's joints.

To move part of the body using one's muscles.

To tighten the muscles for display of size or strength.

To flaunt one's superiority.

To bend; as, to flex the arm.

Flax.

the act of flexing;

Example: ‘he gave his biceps a flex to impress the ladies’;

contract;

Example: ‘flex a muscle’;

exhibit the strength of;

Example: ‘The victorious army flexes its invincibility’;

form a curve;

Example: ‘The stick does not bend’;

bend a joint;

Example: ‘flex your wrists’; ‘bend your knees’;

cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form;

Example: ‘bend the rod’; ‘twist the dough into a braid’; ‘the strong man could turn an iron bar’;

(with reference to a limb or joint) bend or become bent

Example: ‘she saw him flex his ankle and wince’; ‘it's important to prevent the damaged wrist from flexing’;

cause (a muscle) to stand out by contracting or tensing it

Example: ‘a group of bodybuilders flexed their muscles’;

(of a muscle) contract or be tensed

Example: ‘a muscle flexed in his jaw’;

(of a material) be capable of warping or bending and then reverting to shape

Example: ‘set windows in rubber so they flex during an earthquake’;

relating to or denoting a practice of burying a corpse with the legs drawn up under the chin.

a flexible insulated cable used for carrying electric current to an appliance.

Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.

Example: ‘When the splitting wind Makes flexible the knees of knotted oaks. -William Shakespeare’;

Willing or prone to give way to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate.

Example: ‘Phocion was a man of great severity, and no ways flexible to the will of the people. - Francis Bacon.’; ‘Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible. - William Shakespeare’;

Capable or being adapted or molded in some way.

Example: ‘a flexible language’; ‘This was a principle more flexible to their purpose. -Rogers.’;

Something that is flexible.

Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle.

Example: ‘When the splitting windMakes flexible the knees of knotted oaks.’;

Willing or ready to yield to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate; tractable; manageable; ductile; easy and compliant; wavering.

Example: ‘Phocion was a man of great severity, and no ways flexible to the will of the people.’; ‘Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible.’;

Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a flexible language.

Example: ‘This was a principle more flexible to their purpose.’;

extended meanings; capable of change;

Example: ‘a flexible character’; ‘flexible schedules’;

able to flex; able to bend easily;

Example: ‘slim flexible birches’;

able to adjust readily to different conditions;

Example: ‘an adaptable person’; ‘a flexible personality’; ‘an elastic clause in a contract’;

bending and snapping back readily without breaking

making or willing to make concessions;

Example: ‘loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet’;

capable of bending easily without breaking

Example: ‘flexible rubber seals’;

able to be easily modified to respond to altered circumstances

Example: ‘small businesses which are dependent on flexible working hours’;

(of a person) ready and able to change so as to adapt to different circumstances

Example: ‘you can save money if you're flexible about where your room is located’;