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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Lax (0.01111 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to Lax.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: lax longgar
English → English (WordNet) Definition: lax lax adj 1: lacking in rigor or strictness; “such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable”; “lax in attending classes”; “slack in maintaining discipline” [syn: slack] 2: pronounced with muscles relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet') [ant: tense] 3: not taut or rigid; not stretched or held tight; “a lax rope” [ant: tense] 4: lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; “flaccid muscles”; “took his lax hand in hers”; “gave a limp handshake”; “a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know” G.K.Chesterton; “a slack grip” [syn: flaccid, limp, slack] 5: tolerant or lenient; “indulgent parents risk spoiling their children”; “procedures are lax and discipline is weak”; “too soft on the children” [syn: indulgent, lenient, soft] 6: emptying easily or excessively; “loose bowels” [syn: loose]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Lax Lax \Lax\, n. A looseness; diarrhea. [1913 Webster] Lax \Lax\ (l[a^]ks), a. [Compar. Laxer (l[a^]ks"[~e]r); superl. Laxest.] [L. laxus Cf. Laches, Languish, Lease, v. t., Leash.] 1. Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber. [1913 Webster] The flesh of that sort of fish being lax and spongy. --Ray. [1913 Webster] 2. Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal. [1913 Webster] The discipline was lax. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] Society at that epoch was lenient, if not lax, in matters of the passions. --J. A. Symonds. [1913 Webster] The word ``[ae]ternus'' itself is sometimes of a lax signification. --Jortin. [1913 Webster] 3. Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal. [1913 Webster] Syn: Loose; slack; vague; unconfined; unrestrained; dissolute; licentious. [1913 Webster]

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