flect-, flex-

1. Having turns or windings: "The flexuous bed of the stream."
2. Curving, winding, or turning.

1. The state of being flexed (as of a joint).
2. The act of bending a joint; especially, a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased.
3. A curve, turn, or fold; such as, a bend in a tubular organ: "A flexure of the colon."
4. The act or an instance of bending or flexing; flexion.

You may break [me], but you will not bend me or I may break, but I will not bend.

1. To bend the right knee to the floor and rise again as a gesture of religious respect; especially in a Roman Catholic or Anglican church.BR> 2. To bend the knees and bow in a servile manner or to express a servile attitude.
3. To be servilely respectful or deferential; to grovel.

1. An act of bending the knee or touching it to the ground in reverence or worship.
2. An attitude; a gesture: involving, like prostration, a profession of dependence or helplessness, and therefore very naturally adopted for praying and for worship in general.

1. To change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of a language.
2. To modulate (the voice).
3. To apply inflection to (a word).
4. To recite or display all or a distinct set of the inflections of (a word); to decline or conjugate.
5. To bend; to turn from a direct line or course.
6. In botany, to bend in.

1. Deviation from a straight or normal course.
2. To change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function.
3. The patterns of stress and intonation in a language.
4. Modulation of the voice; change in pitch or tone of voice.
5. The process or device of adding affixes to or changing the shape of a base word to give it a different syntactic function without changing its form class.
6. The change in the shape of a word, generally by affixation, by means of which a change of meaning or relationship to some other word or group of words is indicated; the affix added to produce this change, as the -s in dogs or the -ed in played.
7. A bend or angle.
8. In mathematics, a change of curvature from convex to concave or vice versa.

1. Incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances: "An inflexible law."
2. Adhering firmly to a viewpoint or principle.
3. Firmly established and impossible to change: "An inflexible rule."
4. Rigid; stiff and bendable only with difficulty.
5. Incapable of being changed; unalterable.
6. Unyielding in purpose, principle, or temper; immovable.

The strong return of light that occurs when its rays strike suspensoids; such as, dust particles, whose diameters exceed the light's wavelength.

1. To cast back (light, heat, sound, etc.) from a surface: "The mirror reflected the light onto the wall."
2. To give back or show an image of; to mirror.
3. A reference to an act or its resul; to serve to cast or bring credit, discredit, etc. on its performer.
4. To reproduce; to show: "His followers reflected the views of their leader."
5. To throw or cast back; to cause to return or rebound: "Her bitterness reflects gloom on all her family."
6. To think, ponder, or meditate: to reflect on one's virtues and faults.
7. To serve or tend to bring reproach or discredit by association: "His crimes reflected on the whole community."
8. That which serves to give a particular aspect or impression: "The test reflects well on your abilities."

1. The image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material).
2. A fixing of thoughts on something; careful consideration.
3. A thought occurring in consideration or meditation.
4. An unfavorable remark or observation.
5. The return of light, heat, sound, etc., after striking a surface.
6. In anatomy, the bending or folding back of a part upon itself.

1. Of, relating to, produced by, or resulting from reflection.
2. Capable of or producing reflection: "A reflective surface."
3. Characterized by or given to meditation or contemplation; thoughtful.