Relax is a verb that describes feeling less stressed out or tense. If you want to relax after a crazy day at school, you might watch TV, take a nap, or do yoga to help you unwind.
To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open;
Verb
cause to feel relaxed; "A hot bath always relaxes me"
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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"
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become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"
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make less tight; "relax the tension on the rope"
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make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don''t relax your efforts now"
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become less severe or strict; "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived"
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make less severe or strict; "The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught"
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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"
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.
n.
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.
n.
Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to
recreate; to divert; as, amusement relaxes the mind.
n.
To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open; as, an
aperient relaxes the bowels.
v. i.
To become lax, weak, or loose; as, to let one's grasp
relax.
v. i.
To abate in severity; to become less rigorous.
v. i.
To remit attention or effort; to become less diligent; to
unbend; as, to relax in study.
n.
Relaxation.
a.
Relaxed; lax; hence, remiss; careless.
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Relax
Relax
To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open;
To become lax, weak, or loose;
Relaxation.
Relaxed; lax; hence, remiss; careless.
Usage Examples
Art raises its head where creeds relax.
I think all jocks have a sensitive side. It's just, will they show it to anybody? Will they let their guard down and stop being tough and the cool jock guy around their friends, or just relax? I don't know if it's best to say opening up, but just relax and really say what you're actually thinking, and not what you think people want to hear.
I'm not great at dating, but I need to do it to relax.
My worst hair experience was when I was trying to relax my hair and my grandmother did it. It went all straight and I looked like a black Bee Gee.
That is not to say that we can relax our readiness to defend ourselves. Our armament must be adequate to the needs, but our faith is not primarily in these machines of defense but in ourselves.
The average housewife goes to the restaurant to relax and enjoy the food. But when Eva walks in, she becomes the center of attention.
It's a funny thing - when I'm crazed with work, spending time with my children relaxes me. Yet, at the end of a long weekend with them, the very thing I need to relax is a little work and time away from them!
The odds are always against you no matter what your previous history is. You have to overcome the tendency to relax.
I do 280 episodes of TV a year, write 15 recipes for the magazine, and publish an annual book. With all of that, we try to get one weekend a month with Isaboo at our home in the Adirondacks to relax and recharge.
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Other Usage ExamplesI feel like I've reached an age where I can relax a little bit with the knowledge of what I've been through, take all that experience and use it. I love the challenge of trying to get back to where I've been, and beyond it.
Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
You know what I like to do on a Sunday morning? Clean my house. I really enjoy it it's my ritual. I require tidiness, actually. I have to have everything spotless before I can relax.
I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism is like a mirage in the desert. It says to you, come and sit, relax and enjoy yourself for a while.
Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don't you?
Success is very ephemeral. You depend entirely on the desire of others, which makes it difficult to relax.
The time to relax is when you don't have time for it.
Tennis is all about mental toughness, and you have to keep your head in the game. I make time to relax away from competition pressures, travel and intense training schedules to make sure I'm looking after myself. Taking time out with family and friends helps to maintain the work-life balance everyone needs.
Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work.
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