flexed

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of flex.

   The long steel beam flexed slightly under the heavy load.

   The gymnast flexed her toes as she stretched on the mat.

   Note

   A regular form: one -ed spelling serves as both past tense and participle, with have in the perfect and be in the passive. It carries every use of flex. It can take an object (she flexed her toes) or stand alone (the beam flexed). It also covers the slang sense of showing off (he flexed his new watch). Before a noun, the participle becomes the adjective meaning "bent", as in a flexed knee.

2. 2
   adjective

   Bent rather than held straight, as a joint or limb kept in a curved position.

   The dancer's flexed foot formed a sharp angle with her leg.

   A slightly flexed knee absorbs the shock of each landing.

   Similarbent, crooked, curled

   Oppositestraight, extended, pointed

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