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flexed
[flekst] 
| Main Entry: |
flex
[fleks]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bend |
| Synonyms: | angle, contract, crook, curve, lean, mold, ply, spring, stretch, tighten, tilt, yield |
| Antonyms: | be stiff, extend, straighten |
| Main Entry: | corrugated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ridged, grooved |
| Synonyms: | channelled, creased, crinkled, crumpled, flexed, fluted, folded, furrowed, puckered, roughened, rumpled, wrinkled |
| Antonyms: | flat, smooth |
| Main Entry: | crook |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bend, angle |
| Synonyms: | bow, curve, flex, fork, hook, meander, notch, round, slither, snake, wind, zigzag |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | give |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | yield, collapse |
| Synonyms: | allow, bend, bow to, break, cave, cede, concede, contract, crumble, crumple, devote, fail, fall, flex, fold, fold up, give way, go, grant, hand over, lend, open, recede, relax, relent, relinquish, retire, retreat, sag, shrink, sink, slacken, surrender, weaken |
| Antonyms: | fight, hold up, withstand |
| Main Entry: | taut |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rigid, tight |
| Synonyms: | close, firm, flexed, snug, stiff, strained, stressed, stretched, tense, tightly drawn, trim, unyielding |
| Notes: | taunt meant to mock or tease someone; taut means tightly stretched or tense |
| Antonyms: | droopy, flabby, loose, slack |
| Main Entry: | refract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bend |
| Synonyms: | angle, angle away, angle off, arch, bow, buckle, camber, careen, circle, contort, crimp, crinkle, crook, crouch, curl, deflect, deform, detour, double, droop, flex, genuflect, hook*, incline, incurvate, lean, loop, pervert, round, spiral, stoop, swerve, tilt, turn, twist, veer, verge, warp, waver, wilt, wind, yaw, zigzag |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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