Betekenis van flex In het Nederlands

• 0 to bend an arm, leg, etc. or tighten a muscle:

  • First, straighten your legs, then flex your feet.

  • He tried to impress me by flexing his huge muscles.

  • Sheets of brittle lava broke under their own weight as they flexed.

  • Metal fatigue occurs when steel is flexed.

• 1 to change something slightly to make it more suitable for a particular situation; to be changed like this:

  • There may be a need to suspend or flex established laws.

  • In keeping the description of the job as general as possible, a manager can flex the boundaries of that job to meet the dynamic challenges of the world around them.

  • The space can flex to suit various uses.

• 2 to show that you are very proud or happy about something you have done or something you own, usually in a way that annoys people:

  • "I beat you!" "Hey, no flexing."

  • No need to flex about all the cash you've got.

• 3 (a length of) wire with a plastic cover used for connecting a piece of electrical equipment to a supply of electricity:

  • The flex on this iron isn't long enough to reach the socket.

• 4 the act of bending an arm, leg, etc. or tightening a muscle:

  • He expresses more with a flex of his eyebrow than most actors do with their whole body.

  • The taper in the handle allows flex on impact.

• 5 a flat with a temporary wall put in to create an extra room:

  • This convertible apartment or flex has had a temporary wall placed in the living room to create a third bedroom.

  • On the second floor will be a flex unit which can be rented in various configurations.

• 6 to bend a part of the body, esp. an arm or leg, or to tighten a muscle:

  • Keep your knees flexed at all times.

• 7 abbreviation for flexible: used to describe arrangements that allow you to choose the hours that you work, whether you work in the office or at home, etc.:

  • Before a flex arrangement can be implemented, both supervisor and employee must fully understand the arrangement.

  • flex work

• 8 to work in a way that allows you to choose the times that you work, whether you work in the office or at home, etc.:

  • I wanted to develop my network at the firm before flexing.

  • With the help of my company, I was able to flex my hours.