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Meaning of 'relax' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Relax [ a.]
- Relaxed; lax; hence, remiss; careless.
2 . Relax [ n.]
- 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.
- 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.
- Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to recreate; to divert; as, amusement relaxes the mind.
- To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open; as, an aperient relaxes the bowels.
- Relaxation.
3 . Relax [ v. i.]
- To become lax, weak, or loose; as, to let one's grasp relax.
- To abate in severity; to become less rigorous.
- To remit attention or effort; to become less diligent; to unbend; as, to relax in study.

Meaning of 'relax' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . relax [ v]
Meaning (1):
- cause to feel relaxed
Example in sentence:
  • A hot bath always relaxes me
Meaning (2):
- make less active or fast
Example in sentence:
  • Don't relax your efforts now;
  • He slackened his pace as he got tired
Meaning (3):
- become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
Example in sentence:
  • He relaxed in the hot tub;
  • Let's all relax after a hard day's work
Meaning (4):
- become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner
Example in sentence:
  • our new colleague relaxed when he saw that we were a friendly group
Meaning (5):
- make less taut
Example in sentence:
  • relax the tension on the rope
Meaning (6):
- make less severe or strict
Example in sentence:
  • The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught
Meaning (7):
- become loose or looser or less tight
Example in sentence:
  • The noose loosened;
  • the rope relaxed
Meaning (8):
- become less severe or strict
Example in sentence:
  • The rules relaxed after the new director arrived

Nearby Words:

relade relaid relais reland relapse relapsed relapser relapsing relate related

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