adjective

• 1(of a limb or joint) bent.

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  • ‘land softly with slightly flexed knee and hip joints’

  1. 1.1(of a muscle) contracted or tensed.
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     • ‘if you want a further challenge, try eating and drinking with flexed abs’

• 2Archaeology
  Relating to or denoting the practice of burying a corpse with the legs drawn up under the chin.

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  • ‘a flexed burial’