Crossword-Solution: FLEXURE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Flexure | n. | The act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving; flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending. |
| Flexure | n. | A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve. |
| Flexure | n. | The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird. |
| Flexure | n. | The small distortion of an astronomical instrument caused by the weight of its parts; the amount to be added or substracted from the observed readings of the instrument to correct them for this distortion. |
We have 10 clues for the answer “FLEXURE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| A bend or turn. | 1 answer |
| BENDING of strata under pressure (geol.) | 1 answer |
| CURVING of surface (math.) | 1 answer |
| act of flexing or the state of being flexed | 1 answer |
| the state of being flexed | 1 answer |
| BENT state | 2 answers |
| flexion | 14 answers |
| Curvature | 22 answers |
| ANGLE ___ | 54 answers |
| Bow | 60 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TEAER
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greedy person
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Sentences with FLEXURE (5)
The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow.
Masters has seen a child who lived nine days in whom the sigmoid flexure of the colon terminated in the fundus of the bladder.
The esophagus was on the right of the aorta, and the location of the two ends of the stomach was reversed; the sigmoid flexure was on the right side.
The serous membranes were all callous and thickened, and the canal of the sigmoid flexure was totally obliterated.
When standing, the patient had a peculiar bowed condition of the legs, with marked flexure at the knees.
Quotes with FLEXURE (1)
What infinite heart's-ease Must kings neglect, that private men enjoy! And what have kings, that privates have not too, Save ceremony, save general ceremony? And what art thou, thou idle ceremony? What kind of god art thou, that suffer'st more Of mortal griefs than do thy worshippers? What are thy rents? what are thy comings in? O ceremony, show me but thy worth! What is thy soul of adoration? Art thou aught else but place, degree and form, Creating awe and fear in other men?…
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1958).