spine English
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Noun
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The series of bones situated at the back from the head to the pelvis of a person, or from the head to the tail of an animal; backbone, vertebral column.
* 1851 , (Herman Melville), (Moby-Dick) , :
- If you attentively regard almost any quadruped's spine , you will be struck with the resemblance of its vertebrae to a strung necklace of dwarfed skulls.
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Something resembling a backbone, such as a ridge, or a long, central structure from which other structures radiate.
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A rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure on an animal, shell, or plant.
* 1871 , (Charles Darwin), (w) , :
- The male, as Dr. Gunther informs me, has a cluster of stiff, straight spines , like those of a comb, on the sides of the tail.
(figurative) Courage or assertiveness.
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Derived terms
* send shivers down someone's spine
* spina bifida
* spinal
* spinal canal
* spinal column
* spinal cord
* spine board
* spineless
* spiniferous
* spinose
* spinous
* spiny
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flex English
Noun
(uncountable) Flexibility, pliancy.
(countable) The act of flexing.
(uncountable, chiefly, British) Any flexible insulated electrical wiring.
(countable, geometry) A point of inflection.
Verb
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To bend something.
To repeatedly bend one of one's joints.
To move part of the body using one's muscles.
(bodybuilding) To tighten the muscles for display of size or strength.
* 1994 , Elise Title, Body Heat? , page 189
- He rubbed his hands together. "Believe it or not, there was a time when I considered giving acting a go. What do you think, Miss Fox?" He flexed impressive biceps. "Would I have had a chance against the Schwarzeneggers and the Chuck Norris types?"
Related terms
* flexibility
* flexible
* flexing
* flexion
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