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Quick definitions from WordNet (relax)
▸ verb: become less severe or strict ("The rules relaxed after the new director arrived")
▸ verb: make less severe or strict ("The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught")
▸ 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")
▸ verb: cause to feel relaxed ("A hot bath always relaxes me")
▸ verb: become less tense, rest, or take one's ease ("He relaxed in the hot tub")
▸ verb: make less tight ("Relax the tension on the rope")
▸ verb: become loose or looser or less tight ("The rope relaxed")
▸ verb: make less active or fast ("Don't relax your efforts now")
▸ Also see relaxing
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▸ verb: become less severe or strict ("The rules relaxed after the new director arrived")
▸ verb: make less severe or strict ("The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught")
▸ 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")
▸ verb: cause to feel relaxed ("A hot bath always relaxes me")
▸ verb: become less tense, rest, or take one's ease ("He relaxed in the hot tub")
▸ verb: make less tight ("Relax the tension on the rope")
▸ verb: become loose or looser or less tight ("The rope relaxed")
▸ verb: make less active or fast ("Don't relax your efforts now")
▸ Also see relaxing
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to relax
▸ Usage examples for relax
▸ Idioms related to relax (New!)
▸ Words that often appear near relax
▸ Rhymes of relax
▸ Invented words related to relax