Lexic.us

Definition of Relax

1. Verb. Become less tense, rest, or take one's ease. "Sam and Sue relax"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work"

2. Verb. Make less taut. "Relax the tension on the rope"

3. Verb. Become loose or looser or less tight. "The rope relaxed"

4. Verb. Cause to feel relaxed. "The performance is likely to relax Sue"; "A hot bath always relaxes me"

5. Verb. 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"

6. Verb. Make less severe or strict. "The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught"

7. Verb. Become less severe or strict. "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived"

8. Verb. Make less active or fast. "Don't relax your efforts now"

Definition of Relax

1. v. t. 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.

2. v. i. To become lax, weak, or loose; as, to let one's grasp relax.

3. n. Relaxation.

4. a. Relaxed; lax; hence, remiss; careless.

Definition of Relax

1. to make less tense or rigid [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Medical Definition of Relax

1. 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 rogorous; to abate the stringency of; to remit in respect to strenuousness, esrnestness, or effort; as, to relax discipline; to relax one's attention or endeavors. "The stature of mortmain was at several times relaxed by the legilature." (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. Synonym: To slacken, loosen, loose, remit, abate, mitigate, ease, unbend, divert. Origin: L. Relaxare; pref. Re- re- + laxare to loose, to slacken, from laxus loose. See Lax, and cf. Relay, Release. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Relax

relativizes relativizing relator relators relatrix relatum relaunch relaunched relaunches relaunching

relaunder relaundered relaundering relaunders relax (current term) relax (current term) relaxable relaxant relaxant relaxants

relaxant reversal relaxation relaxation relaxations relaxation behavior relaxation factor relaxation method relaxation response relaxation suture relaxation techniques

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