Antonyms for flection
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : flek-shuh n |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈflɛk ʃən |
Definition of flection
- As in turn : noun revolution, curving
- As in bend : noun curve
- As in bow : noun bend from waist
- As in genuflection : noun bow
- As in plica : noun fold
- As in plication : noun fold
- As in rimple : noun fold
- As in ruck : noun fold
- As in fold : noun double thickness
- As in angle : noun shape formed by two lines meeting at a point
- It exhibits, also, something of that new growth which was to compensate for the loss of flection.
- Extract from : « Anglo-Saxon Literature » by John Earle
Synonyms for flection
- about-face
- angle
- arc
- arch
- bend
- bending
- bias
- bob
- bow
- branch
- change
- changeabout
- circle
- circuit
- circulation
- circumvolution
- cockle
- convolution
- corner
- corrugation
- crease
- crimp
- crinkle
- crook
- crotch
- crumple
- curtsy
- curvation
- curvature
- curve
- cusp
- cycle
- decline
- deflection
- departure
- detour
- deviation
- direction
- divergence
- dog's ear
- dogleg
- double
- drift
- edge
- elbow
- flare
- flection
- flexure
- fork
- furrow
- gather
- gathering
- genuflection
- groove
- gyration
- gyre
- heading
- hook
- inclination
- incline
- intersection
- knee
- knife-edge
- kowtow
- lap
- lapel
- layer
- lean
- loop
- nod
- nook
- notch
- obeisance
- obliquity
- overlap
- pirouette
- pivot
- plait
- pleat
- plica
- plication
- plicature
- ply
- point
- pucker
- quirk
- retroversion
- reversal
- reverse
- reversion
- ridge
- right-about
- rimple
- rivel
- roll
- rotation
- round
- ruche
- ruck
- ruffle
- rumple
- sag
- salaam
- shift
- shirring
- slant
- smocking
- spin
- spiral
- swing
- tack
- tendency
- tilt
- trend
- tuck
- turn
- turnabout
- turning
- twist
- twisting
- V
- wheel
- whirl
- wind
- winding
- wrinkle
- Y
- yaw
- zigzag
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