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Adjective retroflex has 2 senses
  1. retroflex, retroflexed - bent or curved backward
    Antonym: forward (indirect, via backward)
  2. cacuminal, retroflex - pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate
    Antonym: forward (indirect, via backward)
,Verb retroflex has 2 senses
  1. retroflex, replicate - bend or turn backward
    --1 is one way to bend, flex
    Derived forms: noun retroflection3, noun retroflexion3
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  2. retroflex - articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate; "Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants"
    --2 is one way to     pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say
    Derived form: noun retroflexion2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s something
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