flexion
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the state of being flexed (as of a joint)
Types & categories
- physical condition hypernym
Related & opposite
- flex derivation
Sense 2 noun
deviation from a straight or normal course
Types & categories
- deviation hypernym
Sense 3 noun
act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased
Types & categories
- bending hypernym
- flex hyponym
- dorsiflexion hyponym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | flex |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | physical condition |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | deviation |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | extension |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | flex |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bend |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | bending |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | flex |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dorsiflexion |