relax
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English relaxen, from Old French relaxer, from Latin relaxāre (“relax, loosen, open”), from re- (“back”) + laxāre (“loosen”), from laxus (“loose, free”). By surface analysis, re- + lax (“open, free, loose”).
Inflected forms:
form: relaxes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: relaxing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: relaxed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: relaxed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To make something loose.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to relax a rope or cord
to relax the muscles or sinews
Horror […] all his joynts relax'd.
gloss: To make something loose.
pos: verb
tags: dated
transitive
examples: An aperient relaxes the bowels.
gloss: To become loose.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress; to enable to rest; to calm down.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Amusement relaxes the mind.
gloss: To rest and become relieved of stress.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: I like to relax by listening to music.
I relax in the living room.
gloss: To make something less severe or tense.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to relax discipline
to relax one's attention or endeavours
gloss: To become less severe or tense.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Tensions between the two countries have relaxed somewhat in recent weeks.
gloss: To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The statute of mortmain[…] was at several times relaxed by the legislature.
The Court rejected the contention that the doctrine of sovereign immunity should be relaxed as inapplicable to suits for specific relief as distinguished from damage suits, saying: "The Government, as representative of the community as a whole, cannot be stopped in its tracks by any plaintiff who presents a disputed question of property or contract right."
gloss: To become more lenient.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
Antonyms: stress
excite
Related words: relaxation
Derived words: chillax
overrelax
prerelax
relaxable
relaxacon
relaxase
relaxative
relaxin
relaxion
relaxographic
relaxography
relaxometry
relaxosome
underrelax
unlax
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: اِسْتَرْخَى
roman: istarḵā
lang: Arabic
word: هِدي
roman: hidi
lang: Arabic
word: طْلق
roman: ṭləq
lang: Bulgarian
word: разхлабвам
roman: razhlabvam
lang: Catalan
word: relaxar
lang: Catalan
word: afluixar
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 鬆開 /松开
roman: sōngkāi
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 放鬆 /放松
roman: fàngsōng
lang: Czech
word: uvolnit
lang: Dutch
word: losmaken
lang: Finnish
word: löysentää
lang: Finnish
word: löysätä
lang: French
word: relâcher
lang: Galician
word: relaxar
lang: German
word: lockern
lang: German
word: entspannen
lang: Ido
word: laxigar
lang: Japanese
word: くつろがせる
roman: kutsurogaseru
lang: Latin
word: relaxō
lang: Māori
word: whakakorokoro
lang: Māori
word: whakangoru
lang: Māori
word: whakatangatanga
lang: Norwegian
word: slappe av
lang: Polish
word: rozluźniać
lang: Polish
word: rozluźnić
lang: Polish
word: poluzowywać
lang: Polish
word: poluzować
lang: Portuguese
word: soltar
lang: Portuguese
word: afrouxar
lang: Romanian
word: relaxa
lang: Romanian
word: destinde
lang: Romanian
word: desface
lang: Russian
word: расслабля́ть
roman: rasslabljátʹ
lang: Russian
word: рассла́бить
roman: rasslábitʹ
lang: Spanish
word: relajar
lang: Spanish
word: aflojar
lang: Thai
word: ผ่อนคลาย
roman: pɔ̀n-klaai
lang: Walloon
word: laispi
lang: Walloon
word: låtchî
lang: Walloon
word: distinkyî
lang: Welsh
word: llacio
lang: Catalan
word: relaxar
lang: Catalan
word: afluixar
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 緩和 /缓和
roman: huǎnhé
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 缓和
roman: huǎnhé
lang: Czech
word: uvolnit
lang: Dutch
word: ontspannen
lang: Finnish
word: höllentää
lang: German
word: entspannen
lang: German
word: lockern
lang: Japanese
word: 緩和する
roman: kanwa suru
lang: Japanese
word: 緩める
roman: yurumeru
lang: Polish
word: łagodzić
lang: Polish
word: złagodzić
lang: Russian
word: смягча́ть
roman: smjaxčátʹ
lang: Russian
word: смягчи́ть
roman: smjaxčítʹ
lang: Spanish
word: relajar
lang: Telugu
word: సడలించు
roman: saḍaliñcu
lang: Thai
word: ลดหย่อน