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Pos: Adjective
[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Verb retroflex has 2 senses

1.  retroflex(v = verb.motion) replicate - bend or turn backward;
is one way to bend, flex
Derived forms noun retroflection3, noun retroflexion3
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

2.  retroflex(v = verb.communication) - articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate; "Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants"
is one way to
articulate, enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out
Derived form noun retroflexion2
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something


Adjective retroflex has 2 senses

1.  retroflex(s = adj.all) retroflexed - bent or curved backward;

2.  retroflex(s = adj.all) cacuminal - pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate;


[CIDE DICTIONARY]

retroflex, a. [Pref. retro- + L. flectere, flexum, to bend, to turn.].

   Reflexed; bent or turned abruptly backward. [1913 Webster]


[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

retroflex, adj. (also retroflexed)
1 Anat., Med., & Bot. turned backwards.
2 Phonet. = CACUMINAL.

Derivative:
retroflexion n.

Etymology:
L retroflectere retroflex- (as RETRO-, flectere bend)