inflex

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verb

To bend; to cause to become curved; to make crooked; to deflect.

“inflexing eyebrows”

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Meanings

verbinflex (third-person singular simple present inflexes, present participle inflexing, simple past and past participle inflexed)

present singular third person inflexes · participle present inflexing · participle past inflexed · past inflexed

  1. To bend; to cause to become curved; to make crooked; to deflect.

    inflexing eyebrows

    2 more examples

    inflexing of the teeth

    a brazen tube Inflex'd

    1708, [John Philips], “Book II”, in Cyder. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 69
nouninflex (plural inflexes)

plural inflexes

    Origin

    Compare flex, inflect.

    Full word history & related roots →
    Cite this entry
    APA

    inflex. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inflex

    MLA

    “inflex.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inflex. Accessed November 3, 2026.

    Chicago

    WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inflex,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inflex.

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