flex

1. (transitive)To bend something.

   The board flexes as you step on it.

   knicken, biegen

   гнутьgnutʹ, изгиба́тьizgibátʹ

   bend a joint

2. (transitive)To repeatedly bend one of one's joints.

   sich biegen

3. (transitive)To move part of the body using one's muscles.

   beugen, Muskeln f spielen lassen

   напряга́тьnaprjagátʹ, фле́кситьfléksitʹ

4. (intransitive)To tighten the muscles for display of size or strength.

   exhibit the strength of

5. (slang, transitive)To boast or brag about; to flaunt (something).

6. (intransitive, slang)To flaunt one's superiority; to show off.

   фле́кситьfléksitʹ, хва́статьсяxvástatʹsja

1. Tom took a selfie while flexing his muscles.

   deTom machte einen Schnappschuss von sich, wie er mit seinen Muskeln spielte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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2. Tom flexed his muscles in front of the mirror.

   ruТом делал разминку перед зеркалом. — marafon

   deTom ließ vor dem Spiegel seine Muskeln spielen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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3. Tom flexed his muscles.

   deTom ließ seine Muskeln spielen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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4. Tom flexed his arms.

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5. Tom flexed his biceps.

   ruТом поиграл бицепсами. — Wezel

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regular · Lesson

• flex upTo increase a worker's work hours during on-call availability periods, as opposed to scheduled shifts.
• flex offTo take time off from work using a flexible time-off policy, generally allowing time off at will instead of using accrued sick or vacation time.
• flex outTo respond to greater space availability by growing larger kernels (as opposed to growing at a consistent size no matter what, i.e. fixed-ear hybrids).
• flex onTo bully (someone); to extort, threaten, intimidate, menace or harass (someone); to demonstrate strength or dominance over (someone).