About The Word Relax
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Relax
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What's The Definition Of Relax?
[v] cause to feel relaxed; "A hot bath always relaxes me"
[v] become less tense, rest, or take one's ease; "He relaxed in the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work" [v] become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed" [v] make less tight; "relax the tension on the rope" [v] make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now" [v] become less severe or strict; "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived" [v] make less severe or strict; "The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught" [v] become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner; "our new colleague relaxed when he saw that we were a friendly group" Synonyms | Synonyms for Relax: loose | loosen | loosen | loosen up | loosen up | make relaxed | slack | slack up | slacken | unbend | unlax | unstrain | unwind Related Terms | Find terms related to Relax: See Also | act | affect | alter | behave | change | change state | decompress | decrease | do | lessen | minify | relax | sit back | slow down | take it easy | turn | unbend | unbrace | vege out | vegetate | weaken Relax In Webster's Dictionary \Re*lax"\ (r?-l?ks"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Relaxed}
(-l?kst"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Relaxing}.] [L. relaxare; pref.
re- re- + laxare to loose, to slacken, from laxus loose. See
{Lax}, and cf. {Relay}, n., {Release}.]
1. To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid,
tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to
relax a rope or cord; to relax the muscles or sinews.
Horror . . . all his joints relaxed. --Milton.
Nor served it to relax their serried files.
--Milton.
2. To make less severe or rigorous; to abate the stringency
of; to remit in respect to strenuousness, earnestness, or
effort; as, to relax discipline; to relax one's attention
or endeavors.
The statute of mortmain was at several times relaxed
by the legislature. --Swift.
3. Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to
recreate; to divert; as, amusement relaxes the mind.
4. To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open; as, an
aperient relaxes the bowels.
Syn: To slacken; loosen; loose; remit; abate; mitigate; ease;
unbend; divert.
\Re*lax"\, v. i. 1. To become lax, weak, or loose; as, to let one's grasp relax. His knees relax with toil. --Pope. 2. To abate in severity; to become less rigorous. In others she relaxed again, And governed with a looser rein. --Prior. 3. To remit attention or effort; to become less diligent; to unbend; as, to relax in study. \Re*lax"\, n. Relaxation. [Obs.] --Feltham. \Re**lax"\, a. Relaxed; lax; hence, remiss; careless. |
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