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deflex

deflex verb: to bend down.

Verb

deflex (third-person singular simple present deflexes, present participle deflexing, simple past and past participle deflexed)

  1. To bend down.

Adjective

deflex (not comparable)

  1. Having the arms curved or curled at the base so as to turn towards the archer when unstrung, reducing the strain on the limbs and also the energy stored by the weapon.

Forms of deflex

third-person singular presentdeflexes
present participledeflexing
past participledeflexed
pastdeflexed

Questions about deflex

What does deflex mean?
Deflex means to bend down.
What part of speech is deflex?
Deflex can be a verb or an adjective.
What is the past tense of deflex?
The past tense of deflex is deflexed.

Words near deflex in the dictionary

  1. deflesh
  2. defleshed
  3. defleshes
  4. defleshing
  5. defleshings
  6. deflex
  7. deflexed
  8. deflexedly
  9. deflexes
  10. deflexibilization
  11. deflexibilizations

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