Found 3 items, similar to relax.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: relax
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: relax
relax
v 1: 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”
[syn:
loosen up,
unbend,
unwind,
decompress,
slow down
] [ant:
tense]
2: make less tight;
“relax the tension on the rope” [syn:
unbend]
3: become loose or looser or less tight;
“The noose loosened”;
“the rope relaxed” [syn:
loosen,
loose] [ant:
stiffen]
4: cause to feel relaxed;
“A hot bath always relaxes me” [syn:
unstrain,
unlax,
loosen up,
unwind,
make relaxed]
[ant:
tense,
tense]
5: 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” [syn:
loosen up
]
6: make less severe or strict;
“The government relaxed the
curfew after most of the rebels were caught” [syn:
loosen]
7: become less severe or strict;
“The rules relaxed after the
new director arrived” [syn:
loosen]
8: make less active or fast;
“He slackened his pace as he got
tired”;
“Don't relax your efforts now” [syn:
slack,
slacken,
slack up]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Relax
Relax
\Re*lax"\, n.
Relaxation. [Obs.] --Feltham.
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Relax
\Re**lax"\, a.
Relaxed; lax; hence, remiss; careless.
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Relax
\Re*lax"\, v. i.
1. To become lax, weak, or loose; as, to let one's grasp
relax.
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His knees relax with toil. --Pope.
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2. To abate in severity; to become less rigorous.
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In others she relaxed again,
And governed with a looser rein. --Prior.
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3. To remit attention or effort; to become less diligent; to
unbend; as, to relax in study.
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Relax
\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.
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Horror . . . all his joints relaxed. --Milton.
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Nor served it to relax their serried files.
--Milton.
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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.
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The statute of mortmain was at several times relaxed
by the legislature. --Swift.
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3. Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to
recreate; to divert; as, amusement relaxes the mind.
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4. To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open; as, an
aperient relaxes the bowels.
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Syn: To slacken; loosen; loose; remit; abate; mitigate; ease;
unbend; divert.
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