Militarily speaking, Gaza is utterly defenseless. That's why the IDF chooses this area to flex its muscles.
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Flex
/flɛks/
Synonyms for "flex" (98 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (20)
Strong matches (29)
Related words (49)
Adjective(1 words)
Noun(10 words)
Related word relations
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More general
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
More specific
10 entriesCollocations
10 entrieselbow flexionflex cableflex jointflex plateflex sensorflex timehip flexionknee flexionmuscle contractionwrist flexion
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
10 entriesTranslations
17 translations across 14 languages.
Danish
1 entries- bøje verb (to tighten one's muscles)
Dutch
1 entries- samentrekken verb (to tighten one's muscles)
Finnish
2 entries- jännittää lihaksiaan verb (to tighten one's muscles)
- pullistella verb (to tighten one's muscles)
French
1 entries- bander verb (to tighten one's muscles)
German
1 entries- Muskeln f spielen lassen verb (to tighten one's muscles)
Italian
1 entries- contrarre verb (to tighten one's muscles)
Māori
1 entries- whakawhena verb (to tighten one's muscles)
Polish
2 entries- napinać verb (to tighten one's muscles)
- prężyć verb (to tighten one's muscles)
Portuguese
1 entries- tensionar verb (to tighten one's muscles)
Romanian
1 entries- contracta verb (to tighten one's muscles)
Russian
2 entries- напряга́ть verb (to tighten one's muscles)
- фле́ксить verb (to tighten one's muscles)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- napeti verb (to tighten one's muscles)
Slovak
1 entries- napnúť verb (to tighten one's muscles)
Spanish
1 entries- tensar verb (to tighten one's muscles)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
Workout challenges include the plank challenge, the 100 skipping challenge and the flex challenge.
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He gave his biceps a flex to impress the ladies.
Source: tatoeba (9769191)
First, straighten your legs, then flex your feet.
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Showing 4 of 20 available sentences.