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plantarflex

plantarflex verb: to flex the foot or toes toward the sole.

Verb

plantarflex (third-person singular simple present plantarflexes, present participle plantarflexing, simple past and past participle plantarflexed)

  1. (transitive) To flex the foot or toes toward the sole.

Forms of plantarflex

third-person singular presentplantarflexes
present participleplantarflexing
past participleplantarflexed
pastplantarflexed

Origin of plantarflex

From plantar + flex.

Questions about plantarflex

What does plantarflex mean?
Plantarflex means to flex the foot or toes toward the sole.
What part of speech is plantarflex?
Plantarflex is a verb.
What is the past tense of plantarflex?
The past tense of plantarflex is plantarflexed.

Words near plantarflex in the dictionary

  1. plantar fasciitis
  2. plantar reflex
  3. plantar wart
  4. plantar warts
  5. plantarenaloside
  6. plantarflex
  7. plantarflexed
  8. plantarflexes
  9. plantarflexing
  10. plantarflexion
  11. plantarflexions

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