FLEXURE

• FLEXURE (noun)
  The noun FLEXURE has 3 senses:

1. the state of being flexed (as of a joint)
2. an angular or rounded shape made by folding
3. act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased

  Familiarity information: FLEXURE used as a noun is uncommon.

• FLEXURE (noun)

Meaning:

The state of being flexed (as of a joint)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

flection; flexion; flexure

Hypernyms ("flexure" is a kind of...):

physiological condition; physiological state (the state of the body or bodily functions)

Meaning:

An angular or rounded shape made by folding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Synonyms:

plication; crease; crimp; fold; flexure; bend

Context examples:

a fold in the napkin / a crease in his trousers / a plication on her blouse / a flexure of the colon / a bend of his elbow

Hypernyms ("flexure" is a kind of...):

angular shape; angularity (a shape having one or more sharp angles)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flexure"):

plait; pleat (any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape)

kink; twirl; twist (a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight)

pucker; ruck (an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth))

Meaning:

Act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

flexion; flexure

Hypernyms ("flexure" is a kind of...):

bending (the act of bending something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flexure"):

flex (the act of flexing)

dorsiflexion (the act of bending backward (of the body or a body part))