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flex out

flex out verb: to respond to greater space availability by growing larger kernels (as opposed to growing at a consistent size no matter what, i.e. fixed-ear hybrids).

Verb

flex out (third-person singular simple present flexes out, present participle flexing out, simple past and past participle flexed out)

  1. (intransitive) To respond to greater space availability by growing larger kernels (as opposed to growing at a consistent size no matter what, i.e. fixed-ear hybrids).

Forms of flex out

third-person singular presentflexes out
present participleflexing out
past participleflexed out
pastflexed out

Questions about flex out

What does flex out mean?
Flex out means to respond to greater space availability by growing larger kernels (as opposed to growing at a consistent size no matter what, i.e. fixed-ear hybrids).
What part of speech is flex out?
Flex out is a verb.
What is the past tense of flex out?
The past tense of flex out is flexed out.

Words near flex out in the dictionary

  1. flex jobs
  2. flex off
  3. flex offs
  4. flex on
  5. flex one's muscles
  6. flex out
  7. flex up
  8. flex-cuff
  9. flex-cuffed
  10. flex-cuffing
  11. flex-cuffs

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